Surrealism pt. 2

When I was looking at Uelsmann's work, I loved how he combined natural pictures with photos of people and objects. The combination of two contrasting images creating a whole new one intrigued me a lot, and I wanted to try that. I combined two separate pictures of snowy trees with two portraits of Joss because I wanted to see how I could combine them to look surreal while still seeming cohesive. Rene Magritte's The False Mirror also had some influence on my work. In that painting, he combined a painting of an eye with a painting of the sky. I was inspired by this work to add the middle picture of the tree to the dark center of this picture. Although I intentionally erased most of the picture from the eye area to add contrast, that painting gave me the idea to continue combining my nature photos with the skin of my portraits.

I am, for the most part, happy with my results. I do think that the final photo looks a little creepy, almost propaganda-like, but I like how I decided to combine my images and where this combination occurred. I especially like how the tree picture adds texture to her face, and how her visible eye stands out from the rest of the picture. In the future, I'd like to find a more interesting background and blend the two face pictures better. I'd have to experiment a lot, but what I'd like to do is find a better way to use all of these photos without feeling like I'm making a movie poster or a piece of propaganda. Regardless, I am overall very happy with my results. I think that my choice in images works and I like the way that everything combines.