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Photomontage Montages Edits/experiments

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I layered the 2 images and change the opacity to be able to see both images.

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I layered the image in black and white over the original image.
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I cut out sections of the black and white image and overlayered it on to the original image.

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I duplicated the image and the flipped it horizontally.
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I change the opacity to 50%

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Photo Montage

  • 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
The Right to Copy – Disphotic
Raoul Haussman ‘Elasticum’
Hannah Höch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer  Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany – Smarthistory
Hannah Hoch ‘ Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany‘ 1919–1920
John Heartfield Biography by Grandson, John J HeartfieldJohn Heartfield  Exhibition
John Heartfield ‘Goring: The Executioner of the Third Reich’ 1934
Alexander Rodchenko | Books (Please)! In All Branches of Knowledge (1924) |  Artsy
Aleksander Rodchenko
El Lissitzky - Monoskop
El Lissitsky ‘Proun 99′ 1924
David Hockney

Example of David Hockneys work I’ve done:

Mary Ellen Bartley

Mary Ellen Bartley is an American photographer who is best know for her photography in books. During lockdown Mary Ellen Bartley did a shoot called ‘7 Things Again and Again’ this shoot involved taking a series of images of the same objects arranged differently each day. She displays the objects in a simple way however it is unique and effective.

Examples from her ‘7 Things Again and Again’ photoshoot:

My response to Bartley’s work: