photomontages
Combined picture artworks
Photomontages are composite images made by cutting, arranging, and combining photographs or parts of photographs into a single picture.
The technique can create surreal effects, political commentary, or artistic compositions: The artist's photomontages juxtaposed war imagery with consumer advertising.
Now often done digitally rather than with scissors and paste.
Forming successive strata
- cutoutsRemoved sections, often decorative
- assemblyConstructing from components
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
manipulation · splicing · superimposition · collage · bricolage · assemblage · pasting · scissors
Absurdist artistic movement
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
avant-garde · propaganda · political art · antiwar · satire · agitprop
Film processing chamber
- printsCopied images on paper
- negativesUnfavorable aspects or refusals
- enlargerPhotographic scaling projector
- contact sheetPrinted film preview grid
analog · digital art · photoshop · lightroom · layers · mixed media · printmaking · exhibition
Paid promotional communication
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- magazinesPeriodic illustrated publications
- album coversVisual packaging for recordings
posters · political · documentary · journalism · book covers · campaign · commercial · illustration
Imagined realm during sleep
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- contrastNotable difference between things
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
illusion · surreality · absurdity · paradox · metamorphosis · phantasmagoria · uncanny · distortion
layering
Forming successive strata
- cutoutsRemoved sections, often decorative
- assemblyConstructing from components
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
juxtaposition · manipulation · splicing · superimposition · collage · bricolage · assemblage · pasting · scissors · glue
dadaism
Absurdist artistic movement
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
futurism · avant-garde · propaganda · political art · antiwar · satire · agitprop
darkroom
Film processing chamber
- printsCopied images on paper
- negativesUnfavorable aspects or refusals
- enlargerPhotographic scaling projector
contact sheet · analog · digital art · photoshop · lightroom · layers · mixed media · printmaking · exhibition · gallery
advertising
Paid promotional communication
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- magazinesPeriodic illustrated publications
album covers · posters · political · documentary · journalism · book covers · campaign · commercial · illustration · publication
dreamscape
Imagined realm during sleep
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- contrastNotable difference between things
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
disorientation · illusion · surreality · absurdity · paradox · metamorphosis · phantasmagoria · uncanny · distortion · incongruity