Surrealism Prework

Non-photographic:

Salvador Dali

Rene Magritte

Photographic:

Tommy Ingberg

Eric Johansson

Surrealism is a kind of artwork that uses the creative potential of the unconscious mind. These photos are surreal because they are something that wouldn't happen in real life and are dream like.  

Project #8 - Final Photos

Daguerreotype:

Gum Bichromate:

Tilt-Shift Effect

In this project we used Photoshop to simulate the effects of daguerreotype, gum bichromate, and tilt-shift effect.

Cyanotypes

Instructions:

1. Mix ferric ammonium citrate with water and potassium ferricyanide. 
2. Coat paper in mixture out of sunlight and leave to dry in the dark.
3. Place negative on paper under glass and leave in UV light.
4. Rinse paper in water for 2 minutes.

Resulting image:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/photography/what-to-see/cyanotype-step-blue-see-world-new-light/

https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/cyanotypes

Gum Bichromate

The gum bichromate depends on the reaction between dichromate salt mixed with a gum or gelatin. The gum becomes insoluble in water, and after exposure and development, retains the solid pigment particles, while the rest of the dichromate is washed away.

Some of the process is to:

1. Put pea-sized amount of pigment onto your plate and add 5cc of gum and mix together.
2. Add 5cc of saturated dichromate and mix.
3. Tape a piece of paper to a flat surface and mark off an area with pencil to add the negative to. Coat paper with lightly damp brush. 
4. Place in the dark for at least 4 minutes until dry.
5. Place the negative with emulsion side up on the paper. Tape down outside picture area and make two holes through margin of both the negative and the paper.
6. Develop in lukewarm water to wash away insoluble gum.
7. Dry in strong stream of warm air.
8. Recoat using more pigment and repeat steps 1-7.
9. Dry and fix in UV light for a short time. Wash for 6 hours.

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/introduction-gum-bichromate-printing/

Examples:

https://printedpicture.artgallery.yale.edu/videos/gum-bichromate
https://www.parisphoto.com/en/Glossary/Gum-bichromate-print/

Project #7 - Multiple Image Techniques

In this project, I took multiple images of the same place for HDR. For panorama and multiple exposure, I took images standing in the same spot. Then I merged the images in photoshop.

Multiple Exposure:




Panoramas:




HDR:

School Community Project - Perspective of Place

In this project we shot at the bus stop next to Lincoln on Salmon Street. We shot facing Lincoln because when people get off the bus they are also facing Lincoln so it would be more familiar to them. We kind of just put all the photos together and see'd what worked best.