Definition of "photomontage" [photomontage]

• The technique of making a picture by assembling pieces of photographs, often in combination with other types of graphic material. (noun)
• The composite picture produced by this technique. (noun)

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• "We believe that the photomontage is a satirical criticism of the political positions assumed by the Pope during his ecclesiastical career and that attorney Salvatore Vitello is criminalizing a publication based on outdated articles of the Penal Code, especially that this very Penal Code has recently had substantial changes to its writing."
• "Work by Kelly Gorman, an American mixed media artist who investigates issues of gender, race and cultural stereotype through visual disciplines such as photomontage and sculpture"
• "The inspiration for this technique likely came from Grosz, who had worked with the pioneering photomontage artist John Heartfield in Berlin."