Here are the finished photo montage pieces I have created.
The images created were done so by using my own personal images from the trip to Battery Moltke, combined with images from the Jersey Archive of similar, if not the same areas, and other images during the occupation, including images of some of the German soldiers themselves.
Image no. 1:
I chose to combine these images because of the significance of both of the cannons. With the cannon in the background behind the infamous heavy duty cannon still present to this day at Noirmont point, and the cannon in the foreground being the main one at Battery Moltke.
Image no. 2:I chose to add all of the small details into this image just to show the ways in which the Germans were consuming the Jersey culture. The image depicts Germans walking through the streets of town, whilst the add-ons are cut from a newspaper published in Jersey. This shows how all elements of lifestyle no matter how small or significant, were altered or changed by the arrival of the Germans.
Image no. 3: This image shows a German solider positioned on an anti-aircraft gun in St. Ouens Bay. I chose to add In the cut out of the picture of the lady and the German Eagle emblem, to create a visual description of the reason that this solider in the this position he is in, what he’s fighting for and those who may be left behind as a result of this.
Image no. 4:This image shows the creation of another fortified sandpit in St. Ouens Bay which may have been an area later used to house another anti aircraft gun or larger cannon. This is a reason I positioned the cut out of the gun here, because it is likely that not long after this photo was taken, something similar would have been placed in that exact location.
Image no 5:
Here is my final image that I created for the photomontage project. In the background one can see a group of workers/manual labourers being escorted (probably to work) by a German Officer. Then in the foreground, a present day dummy, which has been dressed to recreate the outfit of one of these workers during the occupation. This is effective as it shows how similar the recreation is to the original outfits and it gives people a more detailed impression of how they may have looked in colour, wearing predominantly dark clothes.
