I did some experiments, shuffling the squares around and taking pictures before deciding which one I felt was the most successful.

I chose this one out of all of the of the pieces I tried because I liked how the sections of the body were all still close to where the rest of the figure was in the photograph. I felt that it made more sense to do this so that you could still make out what it was supposed to be and for it not to be completely abstract.

This composition was inspired by the artist Claire Pestaille and her Crystalline project. I decided to just focus on a small section of the photograph to see the effect it would have on the image and also because I had never tried this style before so I just wanted to experiment with a small section first before doing more of the photograph. The issues I had with this piece was that the squares I cut out were so small that I had a really difficult time keeping them still whilst cutting which meant that they were not perfectly straight so there were some white gaps between them when I rearranged them. Before I stuck the squares down in this final position I re-arranged them a few times and took photos each time to compare and then decide which one I felt worked best.

Whilst I really like the contrast of tones on the figures in this composition I don’t like the effect the monochrome has had on the small cut up squares. I feel like you don’t get the full impact of this collage in black and white compared to colour. Whilst the figure does appear to stand out more I prefer the softer colours of blue that you can see in the original composition. You also miss out on the small details in the tiny squares that are visible when it is in colour.