A photomontage is a method of cutting up photos, and putting together different sections of the image. The photomontage allows a subsequent artistic editing. The result is a changed overall picture. The origin of this method is in painting. Already earlier painters used collages to create their artworks and to change them. In 1916, the term photomontage appeared for the first time. Nowadays, a photomontage means the digital post-processing of photographs.