Obviously candid street images that may look interestingly strange, quirky but beautiful, unusual from the reality, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, is a result of the surrealist technique.
As a premise, I only wanted to present this image I took from a Hot Air Balloon event back in 2017 for its outright fun result as a product of the juxtaposition technique.

As a refresher surrealism is generally defined as ‘’the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations’’ [www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary]. Surreal photography is an artistic and intellectual movement originated in France in the early 1920s’’ these surrealist artists include names such as Dali, Duchamp, Breton, Ray, Magritte and Picasso. https://www.lightstalking.com/surrealist-art-photography/
In street photography, in my partial view perhaps the BEST Photographer to ever practice Surrealism is no other than the Iconic Henri Cartier Bresson who has produced perhaps the most iconic, most beautiful surrealist style street photographs. [https://keepsnap.com/blog/post/cartier-bresson-story] https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/henri-cartier-bresson/
One obvious effective way of achieving a surreal effect is the use of juxtaposition of distinct objects and elements that visually and mentally alters the effect of an image. HCB has used this technique to sublime perfection finishing with his famous ‘the decisive moment’ images.


As generally observed and experienced, indeed this is a challenging but exciting street photography technique so much worthy to practice. For one it sharpens our observation skills, strengthens our instincts, and makes us more aware of our surroundings and happenings around us.
Technically, it trains and teaches us better control, accuracy and timing when to press the shutter and nail that moment!

So yes, try, practice and include this in your menu of your street photowalk subjects if you haven’t done it yet.
thoughts out loud, into the surreal! ©soliven
#surreal #kalye5 #k5SP #alwayscandid #candidalways. kalye5/©soliven
Further studies on Surrealism here:
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https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/surrealism-photography – Photography – How Creators of Surreal Photos Shaped the Past Century / Photography | Angie Kordic