Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. Sometimes the resulting composite
Photomontage of kiwifruit and lemons, digitally manipulated using GIMP
The Two Ways of Life, a moralistic photo montage of Rejlanders own work, 1857-a choice between vice (at left) and virtue (at right)
Robinson's Fading Away (1858)
Composite photographic portrait of the New South Wales Contingent, Sudan Campaign, 1885,
Photograph manipulation or photograph alteration is the modification of an otherwise genuine photograph. Some photograph manipulations are considered to be skillful artwork, while others are considere
Photomontage
…today through image-editing software. This latter technique is referred to by professionals as "compositing", and in casual usage is often called "photoshopping" (from the name of the popular software system). A composite of related photographs to extend a view of a single scene or subject would not be labeled…
Australian photographer Frank Hurley formed this composite photograph from three negatives of World War I in Belgium, arguing to his superiors that war was conducted on such a vast scale that it was impossible to capture its essence in a single negative.
Early retouching tools: gouache paint, kneaded erasers, charcoal sticks, and an airbrush (giving rise to the phrase "airbrushed from history")
Abraham Lincoln's head superimposed on a print of John C. Calhoun was not discovered for almost a century, when photojournalist Stefan Lorant noticed Lincoln's mole was on the wrong side of his face.
General Grant at City Point is a composite of three different photographs.