The history of the photomontage spans artistic movements and political history. In the early twentieth century, Dada artists used the new media of mass-produced photographs to assemble collages that reflected their expression of the absurd. Russian Constructivists utilized their access to photographs and ability to quickly distribute completed photo collages to promote their political ideas. In this article, the author describes how her students made photomontages, creating new meanings out of photographs from previous assignments. (Contains 1 online resource.)