After looking through other examples of great surrealism works that was shown in the lecture, I looked around the internet for more examples of surreal art, especially in photography. Then , I stumbled across the works of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison.
Their work appealed to me because of how they relate so much to reality but yet is so far from reality.
I particularly liked this picture, titled "Garden of Selves" under the series "The Architect's Brother".
I think that this photograph is one of the most effective ones out of the series.
This reflects how everyone in this world have a lot of dormant identities in them. They may not all be active, but they are still there. This picture portrays how the number of different facades and identities one person have could eventually form a garden of them. Every single one of your identity might look similar but might be different inside. However, only one of your identity is in action, 'awake' in every point in time. However, thousands and thousands of 'selves' lies asleep, dormant untill needed.
The colours and lighting used in the series of photographs by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison are all similar. The dark serious tones shows the clarity of reality and the seriousness of the issues they are addressing with this photographs.
I also liked how this kind of photographs might disturb some people while it will make others think about themselves.
Out of this sea of thousands of selves... which one is the true you?
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