If you don’t think of collage as a serious or living art form, think again. Collage is alive and well as an art form in some of the largest publications out there. I often see it used to illustrate stories in the Atlantic:

But the New York Times uses it a fair bit, too:

Those are just a small sample of the type of collages I see there. Keep an eye out for great collage work and you’ll see some too. It might even inspire you to try making some of your own.

(Top illustration by Vivian Dehning, bottom by Shoshana Schultz)