Montage: Activity 2

Activity 2: Blog Entry

• Find two examples of political photomontages that are either from a historical or contemporary source. 
• Discuss in what context they have been produced and how effective you think they communicate their intended message. 
• Discuss the techniques that have been used to assemble the examples you have chosen and offer alternative ways that the artist could have put over the same message. 

Alice Matkins

In this example of a political photomontage, they are trying to communicate how Hitler only let people of his Aryan race compete in the Olympics. The artist of this photo has put dog collars on the athletes with Hitler, who is show as  a small power less child, holding the leashes. It shows how the competitors were under Hitlers control and did not really have a choice in the matter. It also show how proud Hitler was of his Aryan race, even though Jesse Owens beat them in the Olympics. 

John Heartfield 

In this photomontage the artist replace the swastika with bloody axes. This shows how the nazi's and Germany gained their power from the killing of others. How they killed millions of Jews and went to war with the world. That behind the swastika is nazi officers murdering innocent people for the this symbol.