The Playground Series is an example of The International Collaboration Project. The ICP work has been called cinematic narrative photomontages because each piece tells a story in a cinematic way using montage to create a “world” that does not exist, but feels visually valid. This series was created by Francisco Diaz (USA) and Deb Young (New Zealand). Beneath the surface of “The Playground Series” is an underlying tension cloaked in innocent fun. The series is a visual metaphor for the situation where social relationships reflect a low degree of integration and meaningful interaction producing a high degree of alienation.