Montage in Tirana, a photo from Tirane, North

Photographer's Note

The lobby of my mid range hotel in Tirana had this interesting montage of a girl made up entirely of b&w photographs. I asked the manager would it be okay to move the boxes and vases in front of it but thought I might be pushing my luck asking for sticky tape to remove the cords hanging over the top, but they are not wildly disturbing in my view.

A montage is a composition made up entirely of one medium. Think of the term 'mono' (one), whereas a collage is a composition made up from 2 or more mediums. Eg Paper, twigs, photos, newspaper shreds, oil paints etc. I never knew that before.

holmertz, pierrefonds, alvaraalto, ikeharel, jhm, PiotrF, macjake, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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Miguel82 (47110) 2019-12-08 1:11

Chris, remarkable artwork seen in Tirana. It represents a woman face. It is made of hundreds of black & white Id card format photos. The little squares contains only children photos. Fine colors, good sharpness, interesting note, regards.

ifege (46851) 2019-12-08 1:12

Hi Chris
A fascinating photo of the montage. Well negotiated.
cheers
Ian
Our turn for smoke today and I think the next few, whilst global warming denying politicians do nothing!

holmertz (101880) 2019-12-08 1:13

Hello Chris,
The hotel owner had an original idea for this montage and you had a good idea to take a photo of it. Usually I like the photographer to contribute something to a picture of a painting or a sculpture, and you contributed well by moving the boxes and vases. ;-)
Best regards,
Gert

Royaldevon (85576) 2019-12-08 1:24

Hello Chris,

There are some very talented people who have great ideas.
This is a very lovely picture ans, until you move in closely, is not obviously composed of individual photographs.

I remember doing something similar at the Barbican, in London. Each person did a tiny self portrait in pencil. The images were then combined into a huge mural.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

Nicou (193806) 2019-12-08 4:50

Hello

C'est un visage dans le visage avec touts ces portraits et image qui composent le visage c'est une superbe oeuvre d'art merveilleux
bravo et belle journée
Nicou

pierrefonds (113474) 2019-12-08 4:54

Bonjour Chris,

Le montage est impressionnant. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails du visage de la fille et des petites photos. L'image est claire et nette. Bonne journée.

Pierre

alvaraalto (42804) 2019-12-08 5:45

Hello Chris,
An unexpected work of art for a lobby of a mid-range hotel in Tirana.
Probably made by a talented artist who has studied the work of Chuck Close well. I hope they haven't put the boxes and vases for it anymore.
Excellent presentation
Have a nice Sunday, groet Rob

kasianowak (17648) 2019-12-08 9:04

Hi Chris
Interesting work of art/part of the hotel decor. Well done on all the effort you put into taking this photo, it would not be the same with boxes etc. in front of it. I only noticed the cord when you mentioned it, so, you're right, it's not disturbing.
Thank you for sharing.
Kasia

jhm (211734) 2019-12-08 9:32

Hello Chris,

I understand not the perfect compilation the totally.
But I think that you much effort has done for make this picture
Nice composition also well presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John

BennyV (34710) 2019-12-08 10:03

Lovely piece of artwork, Chris, well deserving of some closer attention. I do not mind the chord hanging there at all.

Great!

Benny

PiotrF (54246) 2019-12-08 11:54

Hello Chris
An interesting photo of the montage.
Photo with excellent details and good sharpness.
Fine presentation.
Regards
Piotr

Silvio1953 (220443) 2019-12-09 0:42

Ciao Chris, fantastic puzzle, fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Tue (91450) 2019-12-09 8:58

Hello Chris,
A very good capture of this work of art, which consists of so many small black and white photographs. I really like the pattern and you captured it very well and clearly.
Lars

emka (157280) 2019-12-11 23:47

Hello Chris, Interesting picture made from many small pictures, this time from the black and white photos. My son makes such images too (with a computer, of course). You can't look too close. Only from a distance you see the face. Similar effects were with the computers photos some thirty years ago.
well seen. My regards MAlgo

macjake (98256) 2019-12-14 23:20

Hi Chris
these are cool, how are they not right? when I view this 3 times, I see a different image 3 times. such a cool visual, its a brain teaser. awesome. cheers
Craig

mcmtanyel (67507) 2019-12-20 23:01

Hello Chris,
What a creative montage. I am so glad that you took the time (and permission) to remove furniture to show this in its splendor. 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT
PS. Your wish is my command, in the WS please find a duplicate without the cords.

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