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A movement in art and literature that flourished in the early twentieth century. Surrealism aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious rational control.

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Surrealism was officially launched as a movement with the publication of poet André Breton’s first Manifesto of Surrealism in 1924.

Photography came to occupy a central role in Surrealist activity. In the works of Man Ray  and Maurice Tabard, the use of such procedures as double exposure, combination printing, montage, and solarization dramatically evoked the union of dream and reality. Other photographers used techniques such as rotation or distortion to render their images uncanny.

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