Martha Rosler

Martha Rosler is an American artist who is primarily better celebrated for her work in traditional art than in photography.

In Rosler's photomontage work she is renowned for taking a background and adding lots of things to it that do not belong. Here are two examples, the first one she found her background image and used lots of images of a sportsperson in different positions and then added them to the background to make it look like a display of activity in the location.

The second image is in a plain background and Rosler has added scenery and props, as well as inserted a woman and copied the image of her to make it look like a staggered effect. The image gives the impression of an abstract gallery.