From Hannah Hӧch work, I learned that photomontage doesn't have to be clean, precise or neat, it's just as if a bunch of photos overlapped and attached together to create a piece of artwork. Which I found very enjoyable because you take any photo or words to create some artwork.
When we're creating our photomontages, it was very challenging for me because it didn't know where to put my selected images in and whether I have layered too many photos into one image. I learned a lot from this and after many days of practice, I created my final 3 pieces that I am very proud of.
This picture represents disaster and what humans do to make Earth more inhabitable. Starting from the bottom we can see lava and an umbrella, I used these two images to create a link. because lava is hot, an umbrella is made either out of plastic or nylon. If these two were to mix it would create a fire. Moving up there is an owl, I used an owl to show how animals are getting caught up in our activities and how we are harming them.
Moving up I have a placed a lighthouse and cut it in half and put a smoke between it. I did this to show what we do and how it damages man-made structures.
- This relates to me because I care about our environment and I do not want to destroy it, I want our environment to be healthy so that we could keep on living and prevent endangering animals.
This montage I made was created with pure randomness, I didn't really know what to do so I decided to design a person. This entire picture represents modern life and it shows how a person might dress themselves up.
- This doesn't relate to me in any way, but I thought it would be really fun to design a person that portrays some traits of the modern society.
This montage represents noble society and how tough it is to live like a noble. At the back is a cropped picture of a map, that represents the land and citizens. Onto the main objective is a statue of a man. The body face and neck of the man is arranged so it shows how someone of noble background can be so different. The head and mouth represent something different, for example, perhaps a person might be complimenting someone but in their head, they might be insulting them. Moving on to the tray with the fan and eye, it represents the people that work for them and society. The tray with the fan shows that a servants job is to serve their master. Lastly, the eye on the fan represents the watchful eyes of society and how a scandal can mess up your reputation.
- This doesn't relate to me in any way, I was just very inspired by a book that had a theme of noble society and tragedy.
Reflection: In my opinion, I think I did a decent job creating a photomontage especially because I struggled a lot in the begin and I didn't know where to put images and how to arrange them to make them more meaningful. But for the past few weeks, I practised and experimented with different images and arrangements, which all helped toward creating these 3 photomontages.
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Question: If you were able to create a photomontage what meaning would it have behind it? And how does it connect to you or your culture?
Hi Lyan!! I really like what you did with your photomontages, it's so original and it really shows your creative mindset. I like the explanation for each of your artwork, it's very interesting. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteKia ora Lyan, apologies for the lateness of my comment. This is really thoughtful and I a really impressed with the intentions behind the art making. You have thought out every decision in every placement of your images. The watchful eye for instance! That is superb. You have shown a great deal of intellect in these works.
ReplyDeleteIf I were creating photomontages right now, I would be using images from my home - we have some sheep about to have lambs, and the weather is crazy. I would be looking at how we take for granted how our food is produced and just go to the supermarket and buy it in pre-packed form, sanitised and without knowing where it came from.