Following the uproar induced by the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London, British artist Eileen Agar, whose work had been included in the show, traveled to Ploumanac’h in Brittany for a rest. Mesmerized by the dramatic rock formations lining the coast, she purchased a Rolleiflex camera and created a series of photographs that evinced her belief in the formation of the surreal by nature.