Hypertext Abstract of Chapter 2: Photomontage

Section Subsection Points Examples
Introduction Photomontage/Photocollage
blending 2 co-present worlds
Why hard to see?
Explosion with Photoshop
Duane Michals
1. Reflections "natural photomontage"
display windows
impossible worlds
Eugene Atget, Barbara Morgan, Clarence John Laughlin, Mac Adams
2. Form 2.1 edges and gradients * contours, outlines
variable masks
inversion of image
Man Ray,
Calum Colvin, O. J. Rejlander,
Coryndon Luxmoore, Clarence Laughlin, Catherine McIntyre
2.2 horizon and perspective ** orientation, multiples Barbara Morgan, Van Telberg, Clarence Laughlin
2.3 superposition of layers sources of difficulty Burke Uzzle, Esther Neimanas
3. Interpretation 3.1 reduced opacity - ->subjectivity Duane Michals, Edmund Teske, Diane Fenster
3.2 outline - ->identity Grahame Weinbren,El Lissitsky, Alice Lev-Neringer
Jerry Uelsmann, Barbara Morgan, Diane Fenster
3.3 perspective - -> world Van Telberg
3.4 stacks of layers- -> historical sequence Geoff Broadway, Richard Ramsdell,
Esther Parada, Annette Pugh
Nancy Goldring
4. Faux Photomontage projections painted in space Calum Colvin
5. Photo Illustration photoshopmontage;
illustration, analysis

Hoang, Fairman,
McIntyre, Fenster
* Addenda Solarization and Inversion
Canonical Perspective
Magritte Discovers Gradient Masks
** Addendum : Perspective Workshop