Montage: Activity 4

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Find two examples of photomontages that are either from a commercial source or from a fine art background. Discuss in what context they have been produced and what techniques they share with political photomontages.
What messages, if any, are communicated through these photomontages and how effective do you think they are? Consider different ways that each image could have been tackled by the artist and come up with an idea for ‘another in the series’.

the message through the these images shows the beauty of nature but what man has done to ruin the true beauty. The communication shows how the beauty of nature is being destroyed by man. the way the artist could have perform the individual photos is layering different photos together

Montage: Activity 3

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As editors exercise their ever-increasing power over information control, what limits would you impose on them as to the extent to which they can manipulate the photographic image?
Devise a series of guidelines that will control the release of images that have been constructed for media use so that the public is aware as to the extent of the manipulation.

-the whole purpose of manipulating an image is being ablate have people believe the image and make it seem real. Guidelines of manipulating an image would have to be to make the image the actual truth, no false information.