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Photomontage is a type of collage art. It is mainly composed of photographs or sections of photographs in order to direct the viewer’s mind towards specific connections. Photomontages are often constructed to convey a message, whether that be a commentary of political, social or other issues. 

There are many ways that a photomontage can be constructed. It is often photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings glued onto a surface, giving the work a collage feel. It is also very common for images to be created digitally.

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We were given the task of creating our own photo montages that link to Jersey during the Occupation. I have experimented with the photo montage technique by combining my own images (primary source) with archival photographs and newspapers (secondary source). I have used the approach of creating a composite photograph by cutting, gluing and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. Photo montage 1 and 2 have been enhanced with paint since I wanted to add my artistic skills into the collages. By doing this I have added colour and vibrance into my photo montages to contrast with the dull colour scheme associated with the black and white photography used during the Occupation. Image 3 has been slightly burnt with fire to create an interesting scorched effect, almost as if the paper is decaying: a metaphor of the past slowly disintegrating and people forgetting the importance of the Occupation. The bold red quote has been taken from my trip to Battery Moltke and has been translated from German to English. The resulting composite images have been scanned by the printer so that the final photo montages appear as a seamless photographic print.