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August 27, 2006
The two images below are from the work of Clarence John Laughlin, a southern American photographer who lived in the first part of the 20th century.
Clarence John Laughlin, Woman Reflected in a Mirror, 1938
You can see why he is characterised as part of the surrealist movement. But he is more than that. He wrote that "Everything, everything, no matter how commonplace and how ugly, has secret meanings. Everything."
Clarence John Laughlin, The Language of Light, 1952
Laughlin often worked with the juxtaposition of text and images
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