[Portrait/Self-Portrait with Speed Graphic Camera] [Montage of Model Car, Drafting Rulers, and Hand Drawing on G... Collage, Photomontage and Assemblage. Collage, Photomontage and Assemblage. Chance Creations: Collage, Photomontage, and Assemblage. Many artists were critical of the dominant social structures and political strategies that led to World War I.
To them, the carnage of war was proof enough that the rationalism and order of civilization was an illusion. Rather than preventing mass destruction, many believed that the acceptance of reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct had, in fact, enabled and justified the slaughter of millions. Photomontage. Technique by which a composite photographic image is formed by combining images from separate photographic sources.
The term was coined by Berlin Dadaists c. 1918 and was employed by artists such as George Grosz, John Heartfield, Raoul Hausmann and Hannah Höch for images often composed from mass-produced sources such as newspapers and magazines. Photomontages are made using photographic negatives or positives. Collage Assemblage & Combining.