Cover for Dimitroff Pamphlet (Dimitroff Contra Göring) 1934

John Heartfield made this pamphlet cover, 'Dimitroff Contra Göring', using photomontage, which involves cutting and combining different photographic images to create a new composite picture. The image shows two men, one much larger than the other, locked in a face-off! It feels like a David and Goliath battle! The smaller man seems to stand up to the larger one with defiance. I wonder what Heartfield was thinking as he snipped and glued these images together? What story was he hoping to tell? I feel the tension in the scene! I am reminded of other artists who use scale to convey power relations. The making of photomontage is a political act; the artist is in control of the narrative and can manipulate the viewer's perspective through image placement and scale. We’re all in conversation with each other.