Medium Format Digital Collages

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust
Introduction
In March 2008 I purchased a 39 megapixel Phase One 45 digital back. This purchase was motivated in part by the desire to have larger digital files to create fine art prints, and by the need to have equally large files for a commercial assignment that I worked on in Southern France in April 2008.
Phase One's P45 comes in a variety of mounts designed to fit just about any medium format camera make or model. Since I had a complete V Hasselblad system (the traditional Hasselblads) I decided to get the V Hasselblad version of the P45. All the versions of the P45 are similar except for the mount that is specific to each camera manufacturer.
I will have a detailed report on my experiences working with the P45 soon so I won't go over the technical aspects of the back in this essay. Instead, here I want to focus on one particular use for this back and that is the creation of m...