Surrealist Photography
SURREALIST STYLE
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
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Style: Surrealist
Poet's house.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
TIE Fighter Beatles Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
TIE Fighter Beatles
by B A T I K
Pop art work featuring the Fab Four Paul McCartney , George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon running away from Star Wars TIE fighters chasing...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Bon Fire Night Circle - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
1 Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
3 nude guys form a circle in the desert. This is number 1 from a limited edition of 12. The work is signed on the back. A book of the artists work will be published in early Spring
London-based Photographer and Graphic designer Omer Ga...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
C Print
$371 Sale Price
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The Occasion
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Flight Risk" illustrative photography, surrealism, paper airplane motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Flight Risk" is a limited edition photographic print by Andrew Pinkham and is made from archival pigment on cotton rag. This piece measures 20"h x 20"w unframed an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1980. Published and printed ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Sailors Delight
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Army Of Caine
by B A T I K
Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role.
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Navigation without names.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Bon Fire Night (Body Terrain) - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
This is number 1 from a limited edition of 12.
London-based Photographer and Graphic designer Omer Ga'ash, graduated from Bezalel Academy...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
C Print
$321 Sale Price
28% Off
Traffic Island, "Wandsworth Roundabout", London, (Signed Print)
Located in London, GB
"Brian Griffin turned the tables on commercial assignment portraiture with a style all his own. When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, business was empowered and labor was bel...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Arc...
$3,862 Sale Price
35% Off
The weight of the world.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Quarter past five.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Hollywood : Mr and Mrs Woodman - Original Handsigned Gelatin Silver Print
By Man Ray
Located in Paris, IDF
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky, called)
Hollywood : Mr and Mrs Woodman, 1970
Original gelatin silver print
Handsigned on the back
Authenticated with the artist stamp "Epreuve originale...
Category
1970s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1980. Published and printed ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Spring break.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Drift.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The concert.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The listening room.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Morning in the gallery.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The bath.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Anything but a regular bee.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
After the storm.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The somnambulist.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1980. Published and printed ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
The daydreamer.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
A world of her own.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
As she described it afterwards.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The wish.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Why not?
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The weight of the world.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Reaching for the stars - Black and white surrealist photography, Edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
A quiet interplay of light, shadow, and form, 'Reaching for the stars' captures a fleeting, dreamlike moment in surrealist composition. The softly illuminated hand reaches toward blu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Giclée
The realist.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Bon voyage.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sailor's delight.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The patient traveler.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The logic within.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The philosopher's study II.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
If I had a boat.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The wanderer.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Flight of fancy.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cloud nine.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The find.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Alligator woman.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Halloween...
By Ryan Schude
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Edition of 10 plus 2 AP.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
C Print
Alligator man.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Now.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
$3,200
Dream pool.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Self portrait as a butterfly.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Later.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The Surprise
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
TIE Fighter Beatles Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
TIE Fighter Beatles
by B A T I K
Pop art work featuring the Fab Four Paul McCartney , George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon running away from Star Wars TIE fighters chasing...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Army Of Caine Giant Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Army Of Caine
by B A T I K
Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role.
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
The Bird Watchers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lucky, Color Photograph, Archival Pigment Ink Print, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lucky, 2023 is a recent archival pigment ink print by Maggie Taylor. All prints are signed and numbered by Maggie Taylor.
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterima...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building: The Smokestack and the Skyscraper
Located in Miami, FL
Before Long Island City blossomed into a landscape of high-rise residential development, it was a gritty industrial area. One of the iconic images of the LIC was four monumental smo...
Category
1980s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Welcome to the water planet.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Vanilla.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Transport of delight.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The next big adventure.
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In 1981 Maggie Taylor (b. 1961) began to photograph while she was a student at Yale University majoring in philosophy. She primarily took photographs of suburban landscapes and stran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Surrealist photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Rosemary Ellis, Brian Ziff, and FPA Francis Pavy Artist. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist photography, so small editions measuring 4.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $28,800, while the average work sells for $1,750.