How has Gjon Mili, Laurent Segretier and Anja Niemi presented surrealist imagery in their artwork? The artist’s chosen all present surrealist imagery in different and unique ways which leave all with varied and alternative outcomes. Some use tone and colour, while others use layer-ing and slow shutter speeds to create a surrealist image. They each have presented their work in a photographic way, as the story told is much more profound. Gjon Mili is a 20th century photographer, famous for using a strobing technique, to create trance like photographs. The most important part of the image is the main subject, as they define the piece. The pieces are usually in black and white, and this creates a more omi-nous feeling to the photo. His work doesn’t so much reference pop culture, more so it is a part of it. The photos taken by Gjon Mili, were almost exclusively used by Life magazine. Laurent Segretier is a Modern Artist, who uses technology to digitally distort his artwork. The artwork has a dark and eerie feel to each and every piece, and the distorted vision of the subjects photographed, produce the surrealist intent. A key technique used in his work is to smash or damage the screen with an image on it and then re-photograph that image, this then makes each and every piece unique, as the damage done to the screen is sporadic and never the same. Segretier is inspired by his everyday life in Hong Kong and his travels across the globe. Depending on the artwork different cultural inspirations can be seen The photograph above is a technical masterpiece for its time. The scene is of a dancer mov-ing around the photograph gracefully. The dark tones and vibrant white tones, create a sur-realist contrast that is visually appealing to the viewer. The photograph has been slightly edited, however its similar to its natural form as the techniques available beck when this photograph was taken is very limited. Anja Niemi is a contemporary artist/photographer, who uses visual editing and surrealist sets, to create a surrealist image/scene. By using the same model, multiple times in a sce-ne, creates an almost tense and slightly morose aura to the image. Niemi references dif-ferent era’s in pop culture such as the 1950-60’s and the Victorian era. Gjon Mili was an influential artist in the 20th century, notable for using revolutionary i stro-boscopic interments to capture a sequence of motion in his artwork. In one image, Mili was able to have a model move around a set and the resulting movement be captured graceful-ly, the end result would leave the image with a model in different position, some more transparent then others and this creates the dreamlike/surrealist effect. Laurent Segretier is a photographer that both digitally and physically alters his photos to create a dystopian, nightmarish image, with surrealist imagery. Anja Niemi uses Awkward position of her models and the styling of her set to create and present a surrealist image. Many of her pieces show an aura of whimsy and creativity. Gjon Mili has a more traditional approach to editing and his artwork is often in a mono-chromatic style, that has the main subject be the sole focus of the image, reminiscent of the opening scenes of the wizard of oz. Whereas Anja Niemi who composes her images in a similar style to Mili, uses calming and various shades of muted and pastel colours, her scene is similar in style to that of Alice in wonderland. Laurent Segretier has an alternative way to edit and his work has a more modern feel to his pieces yet the subject has a more vintage
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