Illusions With Photography– Surrealist Photography Artmaking Task
Challenge students to capture a surreal photograph that distorts reality and challenges the viewer’s perception with this structured photography artmaking task.
This resource guides students through the complete creative process, from research and planning to artmaking and reflection. Students investigate the work of Surrealist photographers including Man Ray, Xidong Luo and Jerry Uelsmann, exploring how artists manipulate photography to create dreamlike illusions and unexpected realities.
Students then brainstorm their own surreal concepts, experiment with photographic techniques, and create a series of photographs before selecting and refining their strongest idea.
What's Included:
- Step-by-step Surrealist photography artmaking task
- Visual examples to inspire students' own photographic ideas
- Super 6 literacy strategies:
- Questioning
- Visualising
- Student-friendly instructions and structured planning prompts
- Print-ready format
Perfect for: a Surrealism unit, photography artmaking task, VAPD development or creative assessment activity. Students are encouraged to experiment, take creative risks and explore how photography can transform the familiar into something unexpected, mysterious and surreal.