Michelle Caplan Inspired Collage

 

The image above was created by Michelle Caplan. Her belief is that her portraits bring life to photographic history, each piece with its own narrative; trying to tell the story of the person behind the image. It can represent a link to a family’s past and provide a visual legacy for its future.

The image above is a scan of a collage I have created in Caplan's style, I believe it to be well balanced and give and have focal points directing focus to the face of the subject which I have printed upon the initial collage, the only notable difference between the collage I have created and any originals by Caplan is her use of personal affects and documents to make up the collage, of which I have none relating to my great grandmother who I have chosen as the subject matter. To amend this in future I would use a more recent relative, perhaps one still living, of which I could gain pieces to make up a more relevant background for the printed photograph.