Photo Club: Contemporary Photography
PHOTO CHALLENGE: COLLAGE
Looking back at your life are there any moments that stand out to you where you felt grown up? Are
there any times that you had to make a big decision or had to step up and do something grown up?
Collage is a great way to use multiple mediums to tell a story. Combine photos with paint,
magazines, or drawings to create a new artwork.
📸 MATERIALS
Pictures that you are ok with cutting up
Magazines
Construction paper
Markers
Paint
Glue stick
Scissors
STEPS
Vocabulary
● Collage - Combine different photos/materials to create an artwork with a new message.
● Texture - the way an object feels to the touch or looks as it may feel.
○ Example: Rough, bumpy, smooth
Arrange
● Create a brainstorm list of big moments in your life where you felt like you were growing up
○ Here are some of mine: Moving to San Diego from Illinois, renting a house with my
best friends, exploring a new place and traveling
● Look at the images you want to use and start to think about how to you can transform into
something new
● Start off with your background and then add images on top that you want to stand out
Tips
● Cutting vs ripping
○ Cutting with scissors leaves a clean line and can make nice shapes
○ Ripping will leave rough edges and will have a more organic feel
● Glueing techniques
○ Make sure you glue all the way to the edges
○ Use a scrap piece of paper to glue on so you do not get unwanted glue on your collage
● Layer! Adding multiple layers makes your collage have texture and will make it more visually
interesting
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