Photo montaging is an artistic technique were two or more images are combined to make a new composition.

This technique gained attention in the early 20th century were artists would use it to make political statements around WWI and WWII. Below is one of Raoul Hausman’s pieces were he explores the political aura around WWII.

Hannah Hoch

Hannah Hoch is one of the originators of Photomontage.

She was a part of the Dada art movement which was a part of the European avant-garde movement in the early 20th century.

Her work focused on evoking thought and bringing light to social issues in the early 20th century. Her work acted as an aid to feminism movements of the time.

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Her work is surreal and colourful. It includes an abundance of montaging in creative ways where certain human features will be used to form something else. The use of facial features being woven together is a way of challenging the identity and the dichotomy of female power.

Her pieces are given context and validity through her method of extracting segments from popular media to use in her montages.