ESSAY INTRODUCTION

Tom Chambers, a visual artist who focuses on the photographic technique of compiling images to form a photomontage. He uses various aspects of visual language in his series Entropic Kingdom to draw a zoomorphic parallel between the fragile animal world and that of humans. The pieces also incorporate undertones of Chambers' overarching theme of adolescence and psychosocial development. Tom Chambers uses digital manipulation and photomontage to enhance his work in terms of visual language and subject matter, because it allows him to incorporate animals and create a surrealistic element that reinforces the socio-political context of his work.