What is a photo collage?

Collage, from the French verb coller, meaning 'to glue,' is the artistic process of gluing and assembling various materials to a flat surface. Collage is a piece of art created by combining photos, clippings or small objects onto a surface.

Photo collage is the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. An example of a collage is a picture of a flower made with many pictures of friends and family. See Photomontage page on Wikipedia for more details.

The beauty of making a collage is that there are no rules. At the same time, the best photo collages strike a balance or harmony between the various elements that make up the collage to bring out an aesthetic appeal.