A montage is; the technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a continuous whole.
John Stezaker is a British photographer known for his innovative and interesting photographical montages. These montages are very simple, made by splicing two different photos together.
For my own montage I have decided to do a more contemporary graffiti style photo. To do this I am using a photo previously taken for a multi exposure project and printing another black and white to cut out facial features and stick onto the original image. After this I am planning to draw doodles and speech over the image.
Here is the original image that i’m using as a canvas for my work
Here is a photo of my image, photographed on a white backdrop.
Using Photoshop I cropped this image to remove the wonky white backdrop and also upped the vibrancy and saturation slightly.
I really like the way this image has turned out as it fits the punk vibe I was going for however I think it would’ve been better if I had done the writing in a darker pen or taken the photo with better lighting in order to make it more visable.