If you’ve ever stared at a dreamy, otherworldly photo on Instagram and wondered how on earth someone created it on a phone — I get it. For months I assumed surreal edits required a desktop, a Wacom tablet, and at least five years of Photoshop training. Then I started experimenting on my own iPhone, dragged … Read more
The Son of Man is a 1964 oil-on-canvas self-portrait by Belgian Surrealist René Magritte. It shows a man in a bowler hat and dark overcoat standing before a low wall with the sea and cloudy sky behind him, his face largely obscured by a hovering green apple. Magritte described the painting’s central tension this way: … Read more
Floating objects in surrealist art represent the unconscious mind breaking free from rational, physical constraints. By suspending gravity, artists like René Magritte and Salvador Dalí externalised the way dreams, desires, and hidden thoughts float unmoored from logic. A levitating rock, a hovering apple, a man in a bowler hat raining from the sky – each … Read more
Looking for the best weirdcore art to decorate your room? You’re in the right place. I’ve spent months collecting strange little prints, glow-in-the-dark tapestries, and liminal-space photos that make my own space feel like a fever dream you can walk into. Weirdcore is one of the fastest-growing room aesthetics on Pinterest and TikTok, and for … Read more
If you’ve ever scrolled past an image of an empty mall bathed in pale pink light and felt suddenly, strangely nostalgic, you already understand the dreamcore aesthetic color palette. It’s a palette built from soft pastels that look slightly faded, slightly sun-bleached, and a little too quiet to be real. In this guide, I’ll walk … Read more
Liminal space photography captures transitional, empty places—hallways, malls, waiting rooms, and other in-between locations—whose absence of people creates an eerie, nostalgic, or dreamlike atmosphere. If you have ever walked through a deserted corridor late at night and felt something shift in the air, you already understand the pull of this aesthetic. This guide covers 50 … Read more
Have you scrolled past photos that felt strange, familiar, and slightly off, and wondered how people make them? That unsettling, nostalgic feeling is the whole point of weirdcore. Learning how to make weirdcore edits of your photos is easier than you think, and you only need a phone, a free editor, and a little patience. … Read more
Surreal self portrait photography is a creative genre that combines self-portraiture with surrealist art principles, using techniques like double exposure, photo manipulation, unusual props, and dreamlike compositions to make otherworldly images that go far beyond realistic representation. In this guide, I share 18 surreal self portrait photography ideas you can try at home, in the … Read more
Dreamlike liminal space photography is the art of capturing empty, transitional places – long hallways, abandoned malls, foggy car parks, backlit stairwells – so they feel more like a half-remembered dream than a real photograph. The look combines soft light, gentle glow, subtle grain, and a slightly uncanny emptiness that taps into nostalgia. This guide … Read more
I spent three months photographing dreamlike scenes in my own living room before I realized surreal photography does not need a studio, a model, or a fat budget. It needs a question. What if reality behaved differently? That single question turned empty walls into floating hallways, ordinary fruit into portals, and a glass of water … Read more