Photomontage gives the artist a large range of possibilities to consider while they are creating their art. Duane Michals attributes three distinct dimensions to this type of art: opaque, identity, and world. Each dimension comes with it a slightly different style and thus, different type of message that they portray. For example, the dimension known as opaque is very strongly linked with the supernatural world. This is so because of the way the artist manipulates the solidity of the object that he is focusing on, he gives his art a “ghostly” look to it. Identity is when the artist inputs their own faces into their art and somehow add different words of pictures of objects either on or in the general area of where their head is that they consider identifies themselves, Duane Muchals claims that this type of art doesn’t appeal to him very much, but a lot of artists find it intriguing. The dimension known as “world” could either be historical in nature or not. Artists who focus on this dimension focus their determination on the portrayal of landscapes and how they can be perceived. They manipulate spacing which truly catches the viewer’s eyes. This dimension could also include adding color to negative photos and the landscape within it, such as what Martina Lopez has concentrated her attention on. Overall, the dimension known as world is somehow related to the landscape/ earth and thus, depicts one of the two in a distinct way. Photomontage has a wide range of possibilities and I think it is pretty interesting how many different directions you can go with it. Of the three dimensions, I find the opaque one to be the most intriguing because of its distinct look that sets it apart from the other two dimensions.
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