Image taken from the British Journal Of Photography. John Stezaker.
Since I was first introduced to John Stezakers work last year, I have been fascinated with it an the way the images come together in this sort of unnatural way.
This image is one of his film portrait collages.I think we can say that this image works as a contemporary piece of art, it uses the cut and stick technique to create this almost spontaneous aesthetic. All his imagery is constructed, he uses found photographs, film stills, post cards and anything else he finds relevant. Although there is a huge debate whether or not he can call him self a photographer, I think his work is very thought provoking and aesthetically pleasing, his work is relevant to todays photographic practice, and is becoming more an more popular. I hope to use similar methods in my work in the future.
These are Two collage images made by Richard Vergez. Beautiful Decay (October 25, 2011 by Russ Crest)
These are constructed images, they are made by cutting and sticking. Richard Vergez has been influenced by the DaDa Movement, his images are very simple yet aesthetically pleasing. I want to focus my work towards collage and found imagery at the moment, so I'm looking at a lot of artists who use this in their work.
I think although the images look very strong they have a sort of sensibility to them, they aren't cluttered, they are just simple and straight forward which draws me in to them even more.
