Photo collage
Fragments of photographs, with or without specific image content, torn or cut and stuck down onto a flat surface to make a new picture. Handwork in pencil, pen, or brush can be added to the surface and the resulting image is often abstract. In photomontage a combination of photographs or images are turned into a new image, sometimes by re-photographing the mounted elements, multiple exposure techniques or using digital technology to create a new image on screen allowing infinite variations and edits.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria and their children
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
circa 1861
NPG Ax9571
Christian IX, King of Denmark and his family
by Georg Emil Hansen
1862
NPG x74402
'The Kings and Queens of England: From the Conquest to Queen Victoria'
by Henry Hering
1862
NPG Ax131392
Angus McBean
by Angus McBean
1950
NPG x39302
David Ball; Angus McBean
by Angus McBean
1956
NPG x39318
Duncan Grant
by Godfrey Argent
7 June 1968
NPG x88049
Identity
by Liz Rideal
1985
NPG D11008
Sir Richard Branson
by David Mach
1999
NPG 6494