"Surrealistic artists seek to explore the unconscious mind as a way of creating art, resulting in dreamlike, sometimes bizarre imagery across endless mediums. The core of Surrealism is a focus on illustrating the mind’s deepest thoughts automatically when they surface. This thought process for creating art known as “automatism".” Park West Gallery (2018)

Richard Mosse is a nowadays Irish photographer. Using infrared film, he captures war-torn regions, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Registering the chlorophyll in plants, his Kodak Aerochrome film, transforms dense green foliage into fluorescent pinks and blues. The surreally tinted backdrop, seems a psychological barometer of violence and surveillance.