PHOTO-MOSAIC

~a large-scale detailed image made up of many photographs/an arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture

There are two types of Photo Mosaics This Photo-Mosaic was created by Robert Silvers by taking an image, organizing it into thousands of small rectangles and replacing each rectangle with a photograph that has similar color and value qualities.

This Photo-Mosaic is also considered to be Photographic Collage. It was created by David Hockney by taking many photographs and attaching them to create one whole image. Each of the photographs is of a small portion of the subject, attached they will create the entire subject.

PHOTOMOSAIC STYLE 1

photographs of a subject shot in detail that when pieced together to form a larger image of the subject

DAVID HOCKNEY

DAVID HOCKNEY

Telephone Pole, 1982

DAVID HOCKNEY

Prehistoric Museum Near Palm Springs, 1982

DAVID HOCKNEY

Robert Littman Floating In a Pool, 1982

DAVID HOCKNEY

Photographing Annie Leibovitz While She Is Photographing Me, 1982

DAVID HOCKNEY Walking In The Zen Garden, Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto 1983

DAVID HOCKNEY

Pearblossom Highway

DAVID HOCKNEY

Paint Trolley, 1985

DAVID HOCKNEY

Photographic Collage of his mother.

POLAROID commissioned David Hockney to create Photo Mosaics out of their products…

Don and Christopher, 1982

Patrick Procktor 1982

Still Life with Blue Guitar, 1982

HOW TO Create your Own David Hockney style Photo • Take many photographs of small portions of that subject.

• Make sure you took a photograph of all parts/areas in your subject/composition.

• Print the photographs.

• Piece them together and attach them to create your very own photo mosaic.

PHOTOMOSAIC STYLE 2

colored montages of tiny digital photographs that blend together to form a larger image

ROBERT SILVERS

ROBERT SILVERS

Marilyn Quad

Photomosaic on aluminum

Robert Silvers

JFK

; 2006; Photomosaic mounted on aluminum 46 x 35" Edition of 10; 64 x 48" Edition of 6

ROBERT SILVERS Mona Lisa Remastered, 2002 Photomosaic mounted on aluminum 43 x 32"

ROBERT SILVERS

Girl with the Pearl Earring

, 2008 Photomosaic on aluminum

ROBERT SILVERS

Coca-Cola Photomosaic, Monterrey, Mexico

The PROCOR Latin building displaying a Photomosaic on a complete face

HOW TO Create your Own Robert Silvers style Photo image.

your larger image.

Mosaic • Take many photographs of subjects related to • In Photoshop edit your larger photo and create a grid over the image.

• Place your related photographs on top of the grid and merge those layers into one.

• Select areas of your larger image, switch to your merged layer and edit areas to match your larger image in color, contrast and opacity.