George Logan
BIOGRAPHY/ HISTORY
George Logan Images
George Logan is a surrealist artist who creates images that teaches the audience lessons and also shows us things that we may not realise on a day to day basis. This first image is very simple yet also very powerful. It is of a flower breaking through into a man made modern city. The connotations of this image are very powerful. It shows the power of nature and also brings the audience to realise what we, as a society, think is important. The beauty of nature is being hidden by ugly, industrial buildings. The image shows how society feels that having big cities and industrial buildings are more important than having nature visible. The flower is breaking through the man-made object which shows the power of nature and that no matter how hard we try to conceal it, it will grow back. The only bright colours within the image are the natural things that man hasn't created. This shows the photographer's feelings towards the battle of nature vs. industrial. The bright colours also bring joy to the image where as the dull grey colours bring despair. 
This next image is of a father and a son simply shopping. It seems like they are living their normal lives. However, the use of the phone adds an aspect of framing to the image and the frame shows a connotation to the image. This connotation shows the young boy in a race car. The connotation could be pointing out a dream of the young boy or even for the parent. The trolly is a metaphor for the race car. This whole image shows the two people living their normal lives but making fun of it. There could be a hidden meaning to the image. One that tells the audience to not take life too seriously and to have fun along the way. Or even that dreams are made possible through the simplest of things.
This final image shows a young lady photographing wildlife in the distance. The wildlife is very small however and this is where the connotations erupt from. The small size of the normally large animals and trees puts photography itself into perspective and how you can capture a large moment or area and make it such a small size that it can fit into your hand. I believe the artist is using surrealism to portray this image within his work.
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