A picture made by combining two or more photographs, or parts of them, into one image. In the 19th century, photographers used related methods, such as combination printing, to overcome technical limits and create realistic scenes. They printed several negatives onto one sheet of paper.
In the early 20th century, artists of Dada and Russian Constructivism used photomontage in a new way. They cut and pasted images openly, so the joins were visible. This showed that a photograph's meaning can be built and controlled. It was a way to question the idea that photographs simply show reality. Today photomontage is often made digitally.
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