Definition

1. Noun:
   • A composite picture made by combining several separate photographs: A "photomontage" is a single image created by cutting, arranging, and pasting multiple photographs or parts of photographs together.
   • The technique or process of making such a picture: "Photomontage" can also refer to the artistic method itself of assembling photographic elements into a new composition.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The artist created a powerful political statement using photomontage.
  • Her latest work is a photomontage featuring urban landscapes and natural elements.
  • The exhibition includes several examples of early 20th-century photomontage.

Advanced Usage

• As an artistic genre: "Photomontage" is often discussed as a key technique in movements like Dadaism and Surrealism, used to create jarring, thought-provoking, or dreamlike imagery.
  • The Dadaists used photomontage to critique contemporary society.

Variants and Related Words

• Montage (n): A more general term for a composite work of art made from various elements or a rapid sequence of film shots.
• Collage (n): An artistic composition made from various materials (paper, cloth) glued onto a surface; "photomontage" is a specific type of collage using only photographic material.

Synonyms

• Composite photograph
• Photo collage
• Image montage

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "A photomontage of memories": A figurative use describing a mental image composed of many different remembered scenes or moments.
  • The trip was a wonderful photomontage of memories from different cities.

Noun

1. a montage that uses photographic images