Project #9 - Surrealism and Photomontage

My intent for the two photos was to show the emotions that may hide to the people around you. The first expresses stress over trying to avoid remembering a certain painful memory. The world is hot and overwhelming, the ground beneath you feels almost like liquid, and the memory(represented by the maroon and white castle like building) keeps appearing in your mind no matter how hard you try to focus on your surroundings instead. The second reflects an Alice in Wonderland-type journey, but this one into the subject's nightmare. Often dreams when looked at from a waking perspective seem illogical and highly emotional (just like surrealist work), but because the dreamer is feeling this dream herself, it is presented as completely real and terrifying.