The picture is a landscape photo and the scale is small, you can see the cube melting into the background. In the background you can you see a beach and a cliff that has merged into the clock He has used a exciting background as it mixes in with the clock. It is painted finely and realistically. The painter Salvador Dali has created a contrast of the cold sky which are blue and white colours to a warm clock which are yellow and gold. The clock is smoothly rounded to a rough edge. The moth is there to show nature and make it unnatural and to symbol surrealism. In my opinion this is uncanny because this is not what our eyes see everyday and this is not normal. For my piece of work I would like to do surrealism but not go as far as Salvador Dali as his pictures are extreme but are influential.
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This painting looks really fine so I'm thinking that oil paint has be used to give that thick texture look. The main colours that have been used are 2/3 of blue for the sky and 1/3 of green for the floor. Then the newspaper has been outlined with white and for the clouds too, then with the black hat shows a contrast of white to black. This makes the picture stand out from the others as it is very elegant and is very eye catching, the simple colours make it very special. This is quite a realistic picture as it isn't that abnormal and isn't showing what cant be seen in real life.
In my opinion , I feel like this picture messes with our minds as this isn't something you would see in our lives and is going straight through our minds and this is why I find this quite effective as it is unique. |
Connection: This connects to my work because I want to do surrealism like Erik Johansson. I want my pictures to be unrealistic and Erik is a perfect example. These pictures have a deep and powerful meaning. He has but a solider inside the boot, the boot acts like it a horse and to me that's what makes it effective because he has been more creative with this photo and also he has thought outside the box to make it something people will like, he also has made the picture look really powerful because he shows it is a solder standing strong and he might of used a boot to represent something that stays together no matter how long it takes for them to break.
Comment: In my opinion I think this is a good picture because to me this demonstrates a powerful image and he has used good editing skills which make this look like a very realistic picture. |
Content: In the picture you can see a solider standing in huge boots in a muddy and huge field. The picture portraits a powerful and creative meaning. This pictures ca portrait different meanings like the boots are like a horse so the solider is sitting on a house.
Composition: The photographer has used a deep depth of field and uses a diagonal line. He has laces the boot right in eye focus so that will be the main focus of the picture. The photographer has also used a direct sunlight white balance which gives off a mysterious effect. He also used a low shutter speed and aperture to let as much light in but not that much that the picture bleaches out. Context: Erik Johansson was born in April 1985 and lived with his parents, he started taking interest in taking pictures, he then traveled from places to places taking photos and editing them into unrealistic pictures. This makes his work really creative and imaginative. He had many ideas and wanted to show them in the most realistic way and today all his pictures have been published and is a full time photographer. |