What is a Photo Montage?
A photo montage is a collage constructed of photos that usually address political issues.
The idea of photo montages come from the dadaism movement whom utilized this technique in artwork in 1915 to protest against the First World War.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a highly renowned British artist responsible for the development of 1960s pop art as well as photo montages. He started off using polaroid prints and took many of different parts of a scene and then rearranged them on a blank canvas.
Here are some examples of his photo montage work
Analysis
I quite like this image below due to the very unreal looking nature, However these images were all taken on a Polaroid. The images were taken one after the other and stuck together to create the scene we see here. there is a vibrant range of color, Ranging from the blue skies to the yellow signs and green trees.
Identity and place: concealment of identity must also show a sense of concept and context—explore ways of concealing visually but also philosophically whenever possible!