Abstract
Photomontage is a combination of several shots joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single artwork. Images were composed by cutting, gluing, arranging and overlapping two or more photos or reproductions of photos together, sometimes in combination with other non-photographic material such as text or other abstract shapes. The process of creating a collage photo can be traced back to the first darkroom printing attempts, when photographers experimented with direct contact printing of objects placed on photographic plates, or techniques such as double exposure and masking. Manipulation has a long history exactly as long as history of photography. With invention of photography, photomontage played an important role. It is interesting to say that also many years has passes that time, it is important as much as before. The question in this article is searching on the importance of photomontage and the important effect of other art schools on it. It is tired to conclude that with the invention of photography, photomontage was emerged and it was depended on photography. Moreover, the emergence of other art schools as Dadaism has had a positive effect on photomontage as well. This article is about the history of photomontage and the efficiency of other art schools like Dadaism on it.
Highlights
The initial samples of photomontage were first the result of an accident
The current article seeks to present a brief introduction of photomontage in form of an art associated with photography and its evolution from the initiation of the technique to the emergence of new media
Among the influential movements that were popular at that historical literary era, a more detailed description of Dadaism movement and the followers’ broad application of photomontage technique is discussed as well
Summary
The initial samples of photomontage were first the result of an accident. But the human proclivity for achieving a pristine technique to portray dreams and imagination contributed to the spread of the technique among the public. The current article seeks to present a brief introduction of photomontage in form of an art associated with photography and its evolution from the initiation of the technique to the emergence of new media. Other effective movements that have significantly contributed to photomontage are discussed in the paper include Surrealism, structuralism, the practices taken by Bauhaus and Pop Art School. The question that the paper seeks to find an answer to it is the significance of photomontage history and the impact of other artistic schools on it. The main objective is to introduce the history of photomontage in the form of an art dependent upon photography and its evolution and relevant influential artists and styles. The significance of the present article is to investigate the schools and artists that have played influential parts on photomontage as one relatively overlooked expressive instrument in visual arts
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