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January 5, 2011
The image below is one example of surrealism in American photography in the mid 20th century. It links back to Buñuel’s sliced eye.
Frederick Sommer, Untitled (Amputated Foot), 1939, Gelatin silver print.
The ‘Amputated Foot’ was brought to Frederick Sommer by his physician. Doctor Born was an amateur photographer, who had seen Sommer’s pictures of chicken parts and promised to, ‘one day bring something worth photographing.’ The irrepairable foot was amputated from a young hobo who had fallen asleep while riding the rails near Askfork, Arizona.
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