intricate collages of inlaid maps (mixed w/ a touch of acrylic paint) by Matthew Cusick

(via the fox is black, above is Course of Empire c. 2003)

intricate map collage portraits by Matthew Cusick
(first discovered via ViaComIT)

Hollie Chastain creates striking hand-made collages with old paper on vintage book covers. Here work is available to purchase as prints through Etsy or Poster Cabaret.

(first discovered via grain edit)

black bird collage by paperwerks/kim

paper collages by Jacob Whibley
(first discovered via butdoesitfloat)

spotted John Gall’s new book cover design for The Book of Fathers (published by Other Press on October 13, 2009). From a distance browsing in Posman books, it instantly caught my attention. Up close the subtle special effects help to make this design truly unique amongst those books placed next door on the shelf. The collage art (which is embossed) is by Nicole Natri (cover image via n a k n)

adorable owl illustration collages by Linda Solovic 
(discovered thanks to freshlyblended)

Eduardo Recife’s photo illustration accompanying the “Generation OMG” article in The New York Times (an unusual but thought provoking article)

“In 1951, Time magazine set out to paint a portrait of the nation’s youth, those born into the Great Depression. It doomed them as the Silent Generation, and a generally drab lot: cautious and resigned, uninterested in striking out in new directions or shaping the great issues of the day — the outwardly efficient types whose inner agonies the novel “Revolutionary Road” would dissect a decade later…Today’s youngest children — the recession babies — are being raised in the same kind of protective bubble as the Depression babies…” —Kate Zernike writes for the NY Times