Forum: Photography


Subject: Is Surrealism unpopular in Photography?

Tedz opened this issue on May 25, 2005 ยท 44 posts


unstrung65 posted Wed, 25 May 2005 at 11:25 PM

...well - I wouldn't know surrealism if it hit me in the head -- but I can tell you -- it will always only find a small-select audience -- mostly because the mainstream generally wants pretty things -uplifting beautiful images that are not 'wierd' looking and conform to their concepts of how the world 'should' look --- Norman Rockwell will always beat out Man Ray ---always has -always will - surreal work challenges the viewer to 'think' - to work with the image --and a LOT of people are uncomfortable with this -- either because they feel they don't 'get' it -- or that it's just BS masquerading as 'art' ---SO --- you have search to find the people who like this area --- who 'click' with it because they are in the same head space ---they are out there though - but it's like finding needles in a haystack......this photo site is very 'MAINSTREAM' --ie: 'NORMAL' --- it reflects the world in general --------- but - then , I think your work has always attracted a lot of attention -- because of it's quality and your unique humour -- and 'cause people wouldn't think of tangling with your intellect -- they'd get fried and they know it! ---------