Collages

Browsing thought Lens Culture website my attention was drawn to one artist that was using geometric shapes instead of people faces.

Rogério Reis

Arpoador Beach (Rio de Janeiro / Brazil) / Nobody’s Nobodies Serie. © Rogério Reis

This artist photographed people on the Rio's beaches. The dot on people face allowed Rogerio Reis the freedom to openly practice photography in an era when it's no longer possible without the prior permission of the people photographed. 

There is one artist that started putting dots on faces before that. 

John Baldessari

Based in Los Angeles since the 1960s, John Baldessari (born 1931) is one of the most influential artists of his generation.

To create his collages Baldessari was using movie stills and colour dots. By obscuring a face he was able to erase individuality and transform a specific person into an obscure object. The white dots used in the first of these works were eventually replaced by colored dots, coded so that Baldessari could get multiple layers of meaning—red signaling danger, green for safety, and so on.

I really liked the idea of trying to erase individuality just by hiding persons face. These collages are not very busy or complicated, but they have strong effect.  

Other artist that I found really interesting is creating different kind of photomontage. His work is more three dimensional, has depth and looks realistic. 

Storm Thorgerson

Album Covers

Using Photoshop this artist creates amazing Album covers. 

This kind of style photomontage draws my attention. I am inspired on how realistic these image looks. I decided that for my own project I want to try this kind of style. Instead of going easier way and just placing a few images together on a paper I want to make my collage look more realistic, even though I don't have much practise on Photoshop.