Fading Away - Henry Peach-Robinson 1858
Painters of the Victorian period might have criticized early photomontages because they altered the visual reality of what was actually being photographed. While painters could manipulate reality in their artwork, photomontages were a much more realistic form of manipulation, making the scene seem real. On the other hand, photomontages might have been extremely popular with the general public because they would be able to escape into a different world.
There are two reasons I can think of for this revival of an old technique. One would be because nowadays it is much easier to do photomontages with computer programs like Adobe Photoshop and other editing software, and the second would be because the alternate reality that an artist can create is always popular among the general public, creating a demand for that type of artwork.
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