Photography

Photography is significant for its ability to represent the material world in strange and abstract ways. Choose an artwork from the list here. What makes it strange or abstract? Write a list of words that describe your immediate reaction to the work.

Describe the objects Destiny Deacon has selected to photograph in Oz games 5 1998? How have these objects been arranged and presented. Compare this work to Werner Rhode’s Untitled (mannequins) 1934. Why do you think both artists chose to photograph ‘dolls’ rather than real people? What makes these works surreal?