So here is the final result of the editorial illustration, I think it turned out okay, but not exactly what I was looking for. Maybe also a little time consuming to get to this level, especially if you were working on other projects.
The main reason I think it fails is that it doesnt really take a lot of content from the article, it merely represents the man in the story.
After all this collage stuff, I just couldnt help myself but to write some more about it. Sorta.
These guys have produced a program that figures out the vanishing points in a collection of images, then cuts out elements. This is then put together with correct vanishing points into a digital collage, they explain it much better on their own site.
So here is the first complete version of my pdf, ready for the world. Four weeks of research and thinking rolled into one small PDF and a basic poster. It doesnt seem right somehow.