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’.
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| Image by Thomas Barbèy |
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| Image by Léopold Lambert |
Both of these photomontages are from a fine art background. Techniques they share with political photomontages is manipulating photos to expose what is wrong in the world. These two images show the effects of how we have treated our planet. The first shows rhinos walking around an icy setting. This is poking at the global warming issue. It shows that the glaciers are going to totally melt, and a climate suitable for animals, such as rhinos, will be created. The other image shows a massive building raised on tiny stilts, with the ground under it crumbling and a destructive fire in the background. This image is also showing that we are destroying Earth. We continue to build large structures and not care how they may affect its surroundings. It is referring to the fact that we are destroying our planet so much that one day it may be completely destroyed and take us down with it. The global warming image could have added a sun for effect (the heat is making the ice melt) and the building picture could have added mutilated trees.
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