Montage: Activity 1

Briefly discuss why you think painters of the Victorian period might have criticized these early photomontages and why the pictures were popular with the general public. (This technique of piecing together separate images to create one picture is again very popular with both artists and the media).
What two reasons can you think of for this revival of an old technique?

The Victorian period might have criticized these early photomontages because this type of photography, although sometimes obvious, is manipulative. Shows what is untrue and gives photographers a bad name because anyone can use this to their advantage to lie. Although, making photographers more and more famous while proving that photography is an art and can be creative/artistic. The only reason to revive this technique other than it being an art form, is to be manipulative, the media can use this to their advantage and make us believe whatever they want.