The definition of photomontage is cutting, rearranging, overlapping and gluing parts of different photographs to make one new picture. Sometimes it is digitally edited, normally using Adobe Photoshop, instead of physically being cut apart in order to make the final image neater and to make the transition between the different images smoother. 

Many would credit the first known example of photomontage to Oscar Gustave Rejlander, with his ”The Two Ways of Life,” shown above. Quickly, many other artists would paste pictures together in this same style, later evolving from physically cutting and pasting to superimposing the images digitally, and the term ‘photomontage’ was created. 

Modern 20th century examples of artists using photomontage include Martha Rosler, an American artist who tends to focus on the everyday life experience and women’s perspectives in her photomontages, as well as the recurring themes of war and human conflict. She used images from popular mass-market magazines as well as official documentation images from various wars, for example the Vietnam War, to create her final images.