I saw some recently gallery work where a local photographer had taken multiple prints (very large prints) of a portrait and torn them into various sized shapes.  The pieces were then reassembled in a shadowbox frame with multiple layers at various depths within the frame.  I decided to play around with the idea using a digital photograph.  This was my first attempt at the idea, but I think it has some merit if I can play around with it some more to achieve the effect a little better.  I’m no Photoshop expert, and I don’t know the procedure for creating a torn edge effect on my cutouts.  If I can sort that part out, I can probably create a better example of this idea.  This digital rendition can’t begin to touch the actual piece I saw, but the idea is intact.  Has anyone ever tried this or something like it?

Art Photography, Discussion