Photo Montage

  • photomontage is a collage constructed from photographs.
  • Historically, the technique has been used to make political statements and gained popularity in the early 20th century (World War 1-World War 2)
  • Artists such as Raoul Haussman , Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield employed cut-n-paste techniques as a form of propaganda…as did Soviet artists like Aleksander Rodchenko and El Lissitsky
  • Photomontage has its roots in Dadaism…which is closely related to Surrrealism
The Right to Copy – Disphotic
Raoul Haussman ‘Elasticum’
Hannah Höch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer  Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany – Smarthistory
Hannah Hoch ‘ Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany‘ 1919–1920
John Heartfield Biography by Grandson, John J HeartfieldJohn Heartfield  Exhibition
John Heartfield ‘Goring: The Executioner of the Third Reich’ 1934
Alexander Rodchenko | Books (Please)! In All Branches of Knowledge (1924) |  Artsy
Aleksander Rodchenko
El Lissitzky - Monoskop
El Lissitsky ‘Proun 99′ 1924
David Hockney

Example of David Hockneys work I’ve done:

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