Knowra Photomontage Photomontage Photomontage is an image made by combining photographic fragments into a new composition, often to create meanings or visual relationships absent from the source photographs.
Photographic collage : An artwork assembled from photographic images cut, arranged, and joined on a supporting surface. Its cut-and-join method is the direct physical basis of many photomontages.
Dada : An international avant-garde movement that rejected conventional artistic and social values during and after World War I. Dada artists made montage a weapon against bourgeois culture and the authority of conventional images.
Propaganda : Communication designed to shape beliefs or behavior in support of a political or institutional cause. Photomontage makes propaganda’s constructed arguments visible and often emotionally direct.
Photographic double exposure : A photograph in which two or more exposures are recorded on the same frame or sensor. It merges images through exposure rather than assembling distinct photographic fragments.
Photographic truth : The belief that photographs provide reliable evidence of what was in front of a camera. Montage exposes how photographic fragments can produce convincing but invented scenes.
Photomontage in digital imaging : A photomontage assembled by digitally selecting, transforming, and combining photographic elements. Digital tools reproduce the montage’s fragmentary construction without scissors or pasted prints.
Berlin Dada : The Berlin branch of Dada, active after World War I and known for politically charged works. Its artists established photomontage as a forceful form of political satire.
Political art : Art that addresses political power, institutions, public issues, or collective action. Montage can juxtapose evidence and symbols to make explicit political claims.
Photomanipulation : The alteration of a photograph to change its appearance, content, or meaning. Photomontage is a compositional form of manipulation built from multiple image fragments.
Mass media : Communication systems that distribute information and entertainment to large audiences. Reproduced montage images circulated through newspapers, magazines, and posters.
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