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Surrealist Photo
Surrealist Photo
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OAH/hd/phsr/hd_phsr.htm
Hans Bellmer
obsessively
photographed the
mechanical dolls
he fabricated
himself, creating
strangely
sexualized images
In her close-up
photograph of a
baby armadillo
suspended in
formaldehyde, Dora
Maar performs a
typical Surrealist
inversion, making
an ugly, or even
repulsive subject
compelling and
bizarrely appealing
Pre Ubu, 1936
Dora Maar
Today
many photographers are using digital manipulation
to create bizarre and unexpected scenes