WHAT IS A PHOTOMONTAGE?
A photomontage is a collage constructed from photographs. Historically, the technique has been used to make political statements and gained popularity in the early 20th century (World War 1-World War 2). Artists such as Raoul Haussman , Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield employed cut-n-paste techniques as a form of propaganda, as did Soviet artists like Aleksander Rodchenko and El Lissitsky. Photomontage has its roots in dadaism, which is closely related to surrrealism.
MY PHOTOMONTAGE:
I created a series of digital montages selecting parts of the images and placing them in a similar space on another. I used images from the same photoshoot so there was a connection between the two photos. I also used a black and white image to show a deeper affect of the edit.
When creating my analogue montage piece, I tried to include elements from the image to show the relationship between the image such as using masking tape that was in the image and red tape to further show the link between the image while additionally show the relevance during the making of this piece. I used the string to add some texture and to create a new abstract unique piece.