Fiona Rogers
Thames & Hudson
Fiona Rogers’ Cut Out examines the relationship between photography, feminist art and collage, tracing a history that extends from nineteenth-century makers to contemporary and digital practitioners. Published by the V&A, the book foregrounds collage not simply as a formal technique, but as a political and conceptual language through which artists have explored identity, representation and social power.
Expanding the field to include photomontage, assemblage, femmage and the photogram, Cut Out situates the act of cutting, layering and reassembling within a broader feminist history of image-making. Through figures including Hannah Höch, Dora Maar and Lorna Simpson, the book shows how collage has offered artists a means of challenging dominant narratives and constructing alternative visual vocabularies. At a time of renewed attention to photography’s histories, Cut Out makes a significant case for collage as one of the medium’s most enduring critical forms.
