Jerry Uelsmann is an American born photographer who's work is incredibly majestic, and shows exactly what Surrealism is. The above image is a film photograph and was manipulated in the dark room environment. It is an outstanding peice of work and shows a large amount of skill in pre (in planning the photograph) and post (in manipulation) capture. The image above is so well put together that it is hard to tell that it has been manipulated at all, and that the impossibility of the tree is reality.
Ulesmann works with multiple negatives over one enlarger, and creates his images through experimentation. So in a sense combining two images to create one. This concept is very similar to what I would like to do, however mine will be created digitally using PhotoShop, as opposed to dark room techniques and I will be using different subjects.
A key element of Uelsmann's photographs I have noticed is that they have a realistic look and everything within his photographs has been captured naturally and therefore looks natural. This is an important element within surrealism, I think, in order for the viewer to really believe what the photographer is trying to capture.
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