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Brooke DiDonato's Surrealist Photography

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 Brooke DiDonato's Surrealist Photography Original photo from  Home — Brooke DiDonato . Wake-up Call, 2019     One part of the contemporary art world that I haven't really explored is photography. While I enjoy photography as an art form, I haven't been made aware of many artists of today who use the camera to express their ideas. That is until I found Brooke DiDonato's magical, humorous, and surreal photos. I think her art truly represents what it feels like to be a person sometimes in the most absurd and hilarious ways. Beyond what she's telling us in her pictures, I love her choice of color palette and how it evokes so many feelings. Original photo from  Home — Brooke DiDonato . Closure, 2016     DiDonato's photos involve her or her friends assuming strange positions in a specific scene or with other people. They usually look very surreal, like everything seems based in reality until you look a few seconds longer. One of my favorite series of h...