Biography
He was born in 1949, in Worcester, UK John Stezaker now lives and works in London, UK John Stezaker’s work re-examines the various relationships to the photographic image: as documentation of truth, purveyor of memory, and symbol of modern culture. In his collages, Stezaker appropriates images found in books, magazines, and postcards and uses them as ‘readymades’. Through his elegant juxtapositions, Stezaker adopts the content and contexts of the original images to convey his own witty and poignant meanings.
Personal Thoughts
Similar to the work of David Hockney i really love the original style and of Stezakers work. The use of juxtaposition really emphasises the message of different people being brought together and creating a simple and interesting image to look at. When you first look at his work it seems a bit wierd and out of place but i think it works really well showing contrast between different people.
Marriage IV, 2006
How to create images like John Stezaker:
- open two portrait images up in photoshop
- To create a simple Stezaker like image select the rectangular marquee tool
- on one of your chosen portraits select a large portion of there face (usually half)
- select the move tool
- drag the rectangle that you have cut out onto the other portrait
- place it as if you were trying to match them up to create a new face
- ‘ctrl T’ with allow you to change the size of the rectangle if you want
- ‘ctrl D’ will deselect you from that image
- When you are happen merge/flatten the two images to make onelayer
