Surrealist photographers

Throughout Women’s History Month, which takes place annually during the month of March, Rizzoli is proud to present a selection of innovators, trailblazers, and liberators, all of whom bucked the social constraints of their times to become champions of women. Whether breaking into male-dominated fields or...

Untitled (Surrealist hands), 1939

Which one creeps you out the most?

A blend of surrealist and impressionist themes in photos that look like paintings.

Philippe Halsman, ca.1931

This show at the NSU Art Museum in Florida highlights the singularity of an artist who worked with Man Ray and blazed a path by capturing wartime horrors at Dachau and Buchenwald.

Double-faced is as fascinating as it is disconcerting, a juxtaposition of curiosity and unease in each strange portrait. Originally attempting to cheer up his ailing son, Berlin-based photographer Sebastian Bieniek enjoys creating a simple yet unsettling experience for the viewer, the trick obvious and the magic bewildering. We follow his dual-faced portraits throughout various daily scenarios, the curious hand-drawn features utterly transforming a lovely female face into something…