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Photographer Creates Poetic Collages by Seamlessly Blending Stock Photos

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Inspired by the world around him, young digital artist Justin Peters creates surreal and serene collages that merge unexpected elements to great success. At just 22 years old, he's carrying on a long tradition of collage art, which has evolved from Cubist masters to the contemporary age of digital art.

Using images he sources from stock photography sites, Peters blends together his surreal scenes, which often have a sentimental tinge. From a boy sitting on the beach next to a glowing moon to a girl diving underwater, transforming into a jellyfish, Peters selects the perfect combination of elements to elicit emotion.

And while he's inspired by Surrealists like Salvador Dalí, Vladimir Kush, and Rob Gonsalves, Peters has cultivated a style uniquely his own in the short time he's been creating digital art collages. Beginning just over a year ago during the summer of 2016, he's already emerged as a talent to watch. Particularly drawn to elements of science and nature, he manages to instill each piece with a sense of realism that is suddenly broken upon close inspection. By keeping the emotional charge alive in each collage, he's able to surprise and delight his viewers through the subtle details of each composition.

Artist Justin Peters makes surreal collages by merging together images found on stock photography websites.

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

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Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

The up and coming digital artist has only been creating his collages since the summer of 2016.

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Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

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He's inspired by Surrealist painters, as well as ordinary objects.

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

Surreal Digital Art Collage by Justin Peters

 

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Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart is a Contributing Writer and Digital Media Specialist for My Modern Met, as well as a curator and art historian. Since 2020, she is also one of the co-hosts of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. She earned her MA in Renaissance Studies from University College London and now lives in Rome, Italy. She cultivated expertise in street art which led to the purchase of her photographic archive by the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia in 2014. When she’s not spending time with her three dogs, she also manages the studio of a successful street artist. In 2013, she authored the book 'Street Art Stories Roma' and most recently contributed to 'Crossroads: A Glimpse Into the Life of Alice Pasquini'. You can follow her adventures online at @romephotoblog.
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