Examples of a personal photographic series called Portrait Collages that I started in 1985. I would take two or three C prints up and weave them together and then rephotograph the final piece.
In 2002 I started using Adobe Photoshop to make these more elaborate portrait collages, and the images became more complex – joining, overlapping, and cutting up multiple exposures into one multifaceted image. Some of the images are psychological while others are more straight forward flattering portraits but created to form a non linear assemblage meant to be colorful, fun, and a bit disjointed. Created from 1996 to 2008. This is a link to my artist statement and a essay by writer Carmel McMahon on this body of work. Text: The Portrait Collage Statement & Essay
BELOW: Photographs of my friend Lori Bortz inside her gallery Abaton Garage in Jersey City. She is an author, playwright, creator of the opera: A Modicum of Passion and the director of the movie “Kung Fu Kitty”, Mother of Frick the Cat, director of Abaton Book Company and Abaton Garage gallery. Jersey City, NJ. Photos from 2005-2007. www.abatonbookcompany.us/ Second row bottom are some shots of Lauri Bortz and Mark Dagley. Mark is the co director of Abaton Book Company and a respected painter of optical geometric abstractions.
http://www.abatonbookcompany.us/MarkDagleyfile.html Jersey City,N.J. 2007.
Garden area of Abaton Grarage gallery. View of my stencil paintings hanging from a clothes line. Jimmy Seraphine is in the scene on the right smiling. Jersey City, NJ. 2005.