{"id":385845,"date":"2022-04-10T09:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=385845"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:25:57","slug":"street-photography-surrealism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/10\/street-photography-surrealism\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Photography Surrealism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most difficult things to spot and shoot in street photography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Surrealism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is surrealism? When something looks like something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example I was at the outdoor mall the other day, and I saw this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"787\" data-attachment-id=\"385847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/10\/street-photography-surrealism\/street-photography-surrealism-eric-kim-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/street-photography-surrealism-eric-kim-1.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/street-photography-surrealism-eric-kim-4.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/street-photography-surrealism-eric-kim-4.jpeg?resize=920%2C613&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially at first, I saw the scene and I thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow 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