Surrealist tendencies (on surrealist photograph(er)s)

Our inability to comprehend initially arguably leads to a more involved reading as we scour the image for hints and clues, led by the composition and the light, the elements which construct more than just an image, but a situation, a relation between the photographer, the camera and the subject(s). Surrealist tendencies open up the reading, make it more approachable, accessible and less factual. Things are open to change and just as the camera records a solidified moment it equally testifies to the inability to capture that moment as it is fleeting.
The fleeting element reinforces surrealist tendencies as compositions have airy and whimsical qualities. There is something almost divine as much as it is surrealist. A deeper fascination with our human qualities and the constructs we have made for ourselves as well as the grander potential to affect change, to whisk and fleet another way. Almost as if we’re all on a surrealist ride, the whimsy is overwhelming until we are caught in a moment and reality hits us straight in the gut.