Photomontage
A method of producing a single print from a single negative by the use of either the addition of paint to an image or the combination of two or more individual negatives. Initially, the method was used during the 19th century to overcome technical flaws or errors in photography in the attempt to obtain a realistic effect. It was also used to achieve a naturalistic result. In the early 20th century, photomontage became associated with avant-garde critical techniques, such as visual assemblages. It was used as a method of "anti-realism." The change of a picture by adding or removing components demonstrates that the image's meaning has been built, managed, and structured, producing a criticism of photographic realism that is already complete.
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