Photomontage is often used as a means of expressing political dissent.
It was first used as a technique by the dadaists in 1915 in their protests against the First World War. It was later adopted by the surrealists who exploited the possibilities photomontage offered by using free association to bring together widely disparate images, to reflect the workings of the unconscious mind.
In 1923 the Russian constructivist Aleksander Rodchenko began experimenting with photomontage as a way of creating striking socially engaged imagery concerned with the placement and movement of objects in space.
Other key exponents of the medium are John Heartfield, the German artist who reconstructed images from the media to protest against Germany’s Fascist regime and Peter Kennard; whose photomontages explored issues such as economic inequality, police brutality and the nuclear arms race between the 1970s and the 1990s.
With this image I tried to depict the woman looking through the window into her house
This montage is inspired by Harvey Regan idea of using two photos and merging them into one.
Here is some of Harvey Regan’s work that inspired me to take these photos
This is the setup I used to take some of these photos
Here I am picturing the woman on the window sill.
Here I used a separate black and white image to show how the old fashion actor is standing in the present time
George…this is much better, some great image making here…and a sense of storytelling too in places (which is massively important to good photography)
Well done!