Croatian photographer Tanja Deman hosted a session in Hautlieu school upon the function of Adobe Bridge and enlightened us to how she creates her photographic montages which has given her prolific reputation. Being the organised and meticulous planner she is, Deman gave clear instruction to as what we were supposed to have prepared for her session and how we should store it in our computers. After selecting some environmental images from previous works, Tanja got us to focus on montages and combining different images.

I developed on this image of the peaceful green trees and blue skies as it connotes safety and tranquility which fundamentally, reflects our society today . Due to studies in alternative subjects, I’ve been lucky enough to value the freedoms and liberties our society has today in comparison to a catastrophic social domain of World War One. Following this appreciation for modern society’s safety I chose to incorporate a balloon barrage into the image which disrupts a once so idyllic photograph as it reminds us of the tragedy of the Blitz during World War One.

Personally, I thought this coincided successfully and similarly to Tanja’s work as she incorporates different places or monuments into toher places which inverts our expectations as its not what you expect.