Contemporary artists, such as Jeff Wall and Andreas Gursky, have exploited the boundless possibilities of digital technology to create transparent and seamless images out of multiple photographic exposures.Indeed, Surrealism effectively unshackled photomontage from its propagandist function and in so doing it widened the appreciation of the art form amongst an audience that wondered at the range of its new creative possibilities. Once adopted by the Surrealists photomontage, which allowed for artists to experiment with the idea of 'automatic' (or chance) free association, was used to explore the potential for creating incredulous and uncanny relations.Indeed, photomontage can produce a unique, attention-grabbing, dynamism that is perfectly suited to the goals of propagandists. The political posters of the Dadaists and the Constructivists chose the photographic image above all others because the photograph communicates with an objectivity that can be lost with painting and written text. From its very earliest examples, photomontage has been the medium of choice for producers of propaganda and agitprop.
