My first piece is a montage inspired by the work of Jim Goldberg. Goldberg photographs sub-cultures creating photo collages, including text with his photographs, often written by his subjects telling some sort of story about an element of their life which is often quite depressing or just hard truth. He makes these pieces to highlight the gap between the rich and the poor and pretty much provide a semi detailed insight into ordinary people and their identitys.
Goldberg’s Work 
Mid Photoshoot
He mostly uses black and white photos with a few exceptions with straight on portraits of people often in their homes or places of significance to them. His photos come off as dark and a bit depressing as they are basic with not much to them, on top of a white background. He then asks the subjects to write out something about their life, their feelings, their situation etc which provides a personal addition to the piece and is what really gives it the deep meaning.
For my collage I went to my local skatepark and photographed a skater in different settings, while trying to portray their personality and identity as much as possible. I also added in a seperate piece consisting of a close up his hands which was inspired by one of Goldberg’s other pieces, as I then printed out and wrote a quote from my subject (as Jim had) about why he tries the same trick for so long, as Jim had.
Once they were all in photoshop I created an A2 project, colour levelled each photo, added them in and spent a while adjusting their positions and sizes based on their relevance. I took these photos at night with flash and so they all have the the same tone which looks good on the montage. This is the final piece however I am going to be printing them out and adding them to an A2 board which I will be writing on and around the photos in the style of Jim Goldberg.
