Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. Sometimes the resulting composite image is photographed so that the final image may appear as a seamless physical print

MAX-O-MATIC

Max-o-matic (Máximo Tuja). Buenos Aires, 1975. Artist and image maker. Since 2002 he lives and works in Barcelona, creating an imaginary world from torn pieces of the real one.

His work has been exhibited in galleries in Barcelona, London, Madrid, New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Rome, Lima or México DF, to name just some. He has worked with brands such as Nike, Wired Magazine, Spotify, Newsweek, New York Times, Electronic Arts or Universal Pictures making his signature collage work for commercial and editorial projects.

MY ATTEMPTS AT PHOTOMONTAGE

I especially struggled with photomontage and found it very difficult to create a clean image that I liked- I was massively inspired by Max-O-Matic but overall it is not obvious in my attempts.

My favourite of the three is the last one as the colour scheme and small details in natural of the photos I used reminded me of various paintings by Gustav Klimt. I also really enjoyed playing around with religious imagery such as the stained glass window images alongside nature such as flowers as I believe it created an interesting juxtaposition.