This piece of work was done by the artist ‘Salvador Dali’ his work meant to question that beyond logic and reason.  He has always been fascinated by the camera and used photography in order to create aesthetics. he concluded through his work that nothing will prove surrealism right as much as photography.  surrealism is such a game changing art movement in photography. you are able to see the motivation and imagination behind this image, his inspiration fro many of his works and possible influence for this image was the first works war and so many of his works had an anti war slant. Many of the inspirations for surrealism came from the dada, as this is where cubism and expressionism are formed.  This part of the piece has a formation of intuitive art that works within the mixed media often trying to create  a joining of his renowned psychological connotations to my mind this image clearly is a discovery of the subconscious in order to present an idealism for superior reality. When discussing the manifesto of surrealism it allowed Dali to reality flash’s out his work and incorporate new concepts of movement.  This work prevued the classical art anthesis and creates the principles of imitation and realness within actual objects. This can be seen within the image through many often objects being in the air and capturing the stunned movement of the water flying throughout.  The pure physic automatism purposes the manner of the real functioning objects throughout, and this subsides to form an absence of all control exercise by reason. This image to my mind forms a superior reality of certain forms previously neglected in the omnipotence of a dream. I believe their is an effort within this image to from creative powers of the unconscious and path the territory of dreams ,chance and chaos. Many fo these themes come under the influence  of my project on reality and also wanting to show an emotion within the reaction and movement of ht objects itself. Conceptually this image is very planned out in a  Tablo manner. It looks although there is a literal orchestrator forming the composition fo the piece itself. The rawest and unhindered mind is found within boundless sensations of this image, the personality of the cats moving, the energy to which the image holds and the scattered composition to look as though to is still in full swing and moving, the more you look within this image the more you are able to see. This image is a clear representation of the trend of floating subjects, defiance of science and repetition. it sis said that  “A very common Surrealist technique is the juxtaposition of objects that would typically not be together in a certain situation or together at all. This has been described as “beautiful as the encounter of an umbrella and a sewing-machine on a dissecting table”  this juxtaposition conveys a metaphor to the image and the conceptual allow each viewer to analysis the image in what they think means to themselves.

This image above was composed by Thomas Barbey. Barbey was not only a photographer but would reference to himself as being a photo collage artist. This image clearly has an unlimited imagination and combines widely disparate imagery into a seamlessly beautiful piece. The combination of three different locations  to put together this composition is beyond me. Surprisingly all of his works are made through classic photographic techniques and using no computer.  I believe this collage is highly fascinating he has said that “The montages are created by carefully choosing printing procedures, such as combination printing; sandwiching negatives together, thereby printing them simultaneously; pre-planned double exposure in the camera; the re-photographing of collaged photographs; or a combination of the above.” this image itself is called ‘self exposed’ it shows a women that is lifting her face like a curtain and revealing an image of a city. This concept of how people only real certain parts of themselves in certain situations is fascinating and the image says this all perfectly. The consideration of keeping parts of oneself is a mystery is not necessarily a bad thing and allowing once self to discover one slowly makes a relationship more interesting.  surrealism is a gift and an ability to create a flawless scene out of different images is breath taking. Barbéy’s surrealistic manipulations are not only works of retouching and airbrushing – he also sticks the negatives together, photographs them, uses other techniques to reach the concept vision he had in his mind first – but few are able to resist the gripping illusion. Overall for my project I think I can successful link in people tearing away a part of themselves and showing an emotion for the environment in which they grew up. I think this also accompanies by alternate reality aspect of my work and i think this will really help me to produce images accessing surrealism themes.

Surrealism it still one of the remaining strong influences of photography and within the contemporary arts scene. It Is said that “The influence of Surrealism as a style of art can be found in a wide variety of modern and contemporary schools – notably, early Abstract Expressionism, Pop-Art and Conceptualism – and permeated nearly all contemporary art forms, including Assemblage, Installation and Performance.” I believe I can relate this to my own manifesto by encouraging the same beliefs of what these two artists achieved throughout their own work. Additionally I think there is a clear contextual link to these image and the of political landscapes. The sense fo emotion throughout the use of positioning and objects used in order to create a feeling is evident and purposes the question what is reality when faced with pain and abstract emotions.

1. I will photograph representations of society within Jersey through individual subjects.
2. I will show the population of St. Helier and Jersey in the light that they portray themselves in when it appears that nobody is looking.
3. I will take inspiration from Henrik Malmstrom’s ‘A Minor Wrongdoing’ by taking photographs that do not fit within the conventions of photography.
4. I will question whether the technicalities and conventions of society, photography and day-to-day life are necessary.
5. I will demonstrate how residents of Jersey react to changing developments within the island.
6. I will show how there is always someone watching from afar.
7. I will take inspiration from Lewis Bush’s work on ‘Metropole’ in the sense of use of double exposure.
8. I will demonstrate political landscape through showing the vast differences between the individuals in Jersey.
9. I will bring forward the feelings within the subject I photograph – through disorientation and reactions to everyday factors on the streets.