Aside from the 8 postcard backs which I have chosen to print (in my previous post) I will also be printing the following 16 photo-montages in postcard format. Through this project I have created nearly 50 variations of photo-montages which successfully meet my intention of symbolising and displaying the connections between Jersey and the rest of the world through trade, tourism, and actually visual surroundings within societies around the globe. Posts will follow this looking at how I will display these 24 postcard prints. Here are the 16 photo-montage prints which I have chosen, followed by an evaluation of why I chose these specifically.

Out of all the photo-montages which I have produced throughout this ‘Variation and Similarity’ project I have chosen these 16 above for a combination of reasons. First of all I believe that considering my initial specification which stated ”I will produce photographs surrounding the theme of chaotic imagery. I plan to do this by creating photo-montages, collages and edits in response to the artists and photographers which I have and will research. I am going to relate this work to the issues of overpopulation and capitalism which have and still continue to play a big part in the overpowered development of the world. I will photograph all kinds of things relating to this theme as rather than limiting myself to one specific subject matter this will not allow me to produce pieces with chaos as the main part. These issues of overpopulation and capitalism are something which closely links Jersey with the rest of the world, through trade, immigration, politics and culture. I plan to explore this link and how it has developed over time, looking at the past and how it has become the present. And then how the future may look in terms of these issues. This will be executed by the use of archival and found imagery mixed with my own purposed photographs through means of collage and montage.” That these 16 photo-montages most reflect the initial aim of my project along with showing inspiration from the artists, photographers and movements which I have researched throughout the project. Secondly I believe that they are a good combination of images as there are a range of different formats within them such as some monotone and some colour as well as some being portrait and some landscape. This will mean that the final display doesn’t look too uniformed and will in fact look like a collection of actual postcards which is the look I am going for. Third and finally the most basic reason for why I chose most of these as postcard prints was simply due to the fact that I thought these 16 outcomes were the most aesthetically pleasing and balanced.