Photomontages were first created to create a new, fresh and different presentation of photographs. Since the conventional style was becoming too boring and typical. A photomontage is made by chopping up photographs and then composing them together again in different manners. During the time that the concept of photomontage was first created, the world was going through the war, big revolutions and large political struggles. This concept became an outcome of all of this commotion.

The montages exuded the chaos of the war age and showed the negative sides of the revolution as well. It was always very unique and each photomontage would show the many strange and different views. In result, many different concepts were thought of. An example was the concept of juxtaposing photographic banalities.