Some collaged landscape examples

This is a photo-collage from 1992 by the British artist Richard Hamilton titled, "Just what was it that made yesterday's homes so different, so appealing?" It combines color with black and white in an interesting way, making it possible to show many different kinds of images in a small space. He also plays with putting images outside the window and even on the ceiling.


The two images at left are by the painter Alexis Rockman. He drafts his composition on the computer, and the way things are cut out resembles computer - based photographic technique. Here he tries to show images of  how technological intervention in living processes might create monstrous results.  Notice how he creates a sense of deep space through the use of a foreshortened horizon.


These images are by the German artist John Heartfield and were made during the rise of the Third Reich in Germany in the 1930s. He was considered to be a pioneer of photo collage that appropriates images from other sources to create new meaning.

Heartfield's work was a critique of Hitler's fascist government, and of all  bigotry and ignorance. There are many more great pieces at this website. Take a look

The above work by the Wisconsin artist Nicholas Lampert is influenced by the work of Heartfield through the use of appropriated images in photocollage, although to different ends.

Here are some other takes on appropriation. While not a collage, this photograph by Dina Goldstein injects dark realism into the iconic figure of Sleeping Beauty. See this article about the image.   from the article's caption, "Unhappy ending: Fallen Princesses, a project by Canadian photographer Dina Goldstein, shows iconic characters having succumbed to tragic fates, including cancer, alcoholism and unhappy marriages

  
 Here is a simple example of an image using three layers. Look at how they are arranged to create a sense of depth in space, and perspective. 

 

This is a collaged portrait of a director of horror films, along with some his crew and actors. The red color tints everything in a gradient that intensifies at the back and bottom behind him. The other people are badly cut out against the background to give a jarring sense- of unease, like a horror film. 

This is an illustration but it is created from the compositing of many similar kinds of scenes.