Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Running into" a concept and understanding a concept are two different experiences. Those of us who equate surrealism with the paintings of Salvador Dali need to spend more time studying the photographs by the surrealist masters and a whole lot more time reading the works of the surrealist theorists. Buzz Hausner -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 5:21 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] There's A Lot More to Surrealism than Melting Watches On 5/12/04 12:03 PM, "buzz.hausner@verizon.net" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> wrote: > Which part do you not understand, surrealist or photographer? > > Buzz Hausner Both terms I've run into once or twice before as I was an Art Photography Major in college. I just didn?t think they'd go together as how would you do surrealist photography by shooting though melted Plexiglas? I can shoot a pocket watch with an extreme wide angle lens but I somehow cant get that wraparound effect! A five paragraph conflicting explanations of the surrealist photography movement in the book I happen to be reading right now by Gilles Mora called "Photospeak" (translated from the French) would seem to embrace just about anything. Straightforward or Manipulated. Just tie it in with that new buzzword: (The) Unconscious. He lists photographers which would not obviously have anything in common tome. Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Herbert Bayer, Ruth Bernhard, Brassa?, Lee Miller, Man Ray, Frederick Sommer, Kansuke Yamamoto. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon