8/30/2023 0 Comments Rejlander the two ways of life![]() ![]() The high point of its popularity came, however, during World War I, when photographers in France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, and Hungary produced a profusion of postcards showing soldiers on one plane and lovers, wives, children, families, or parents on another. One of the preeminent producers in this period was the Bamforth & Co Ltd, of Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, and New York. Fantasy photomontage postcards were also popular in the late Victorian era and Edwardian era. In late Victorian North America, William Notman of Montreal used photomontage to commemorate large social events which could not otherwise be captured on film. ![]() Carnival, South End Exhibition Rink, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, February 1899 The carefully prepared photomontage composite was a Notman specialty, each figure being photographed separately and then combined as a single image
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