Photogram
KARI LARSON
MEDIA 203
MAY 11, 2015
What is a Photogram?
Photograms are not made like normal photographs. Unlike the pictures
that you see on a regular basis, Photograms do not use a camera. hey
are made by placing objects between light sensitive paper and the light
itself, much like an X-Ray.
Essentially, Photograms are silhouetted images. As you can see in the
photo above.
History of Photograms
Photograms were actually some of the
very first photographic images. Very
much at the forefront of photography,
photograms are prestigious because
of this.
William Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot was considered the
father of photograms. He was the first to use
this the concept in an artistic sense.
He created these images by laying leaves and
pieces of lace and other similar objects on
photo-sensitive paper and then exposing it to
the sun.
Born in 1800, died at the age of 77 in 1877. He
was also known for inventing the calotype
process.
Anna Atkins
Anna Atkins wrote the first book illustrated with
pictures, British Algae: Cyanotype
Impressions. The pictures in the book were
photograms created using the cyanotype
process developed by Sir John Herschel.
This process caused the images to turn out
blue.
A photogram from Atkins’ book
Man Ray
A notable photographer in the 20th century that created photograms,
which he called, “rayographs”.
Ray’s images focused on contrast and starkness of the images. He also
experimented with moving objects while they were being exposed
and by exposing some objects more than others.
As a result of a post World War I movement in Europe, the photogram process
was popularized in the artistic community.
Photograms passed into photographic history in 1930’s.
Some notable photographers that used photograms were, Pablo Picasso,
Christian Schad, and Markus Amm among many others.
How are Photograms Made?
To make a Photogram you need
1.
Piece of photographic paper
2.
A dark room
3.
Some small objects
4.
An enlarger or focused light source you
can turn on and off
For a more detailed tutorial go to:
http://aaronleroyphotography.blogspot.com/2013/02/photogram-album.html
1. First set your light source to shed light a bit larger than your photographic
paper. Do not turn light on.
2. Then lay your paper underneath the light.
3. Arrange your objects on the paper as you would like them to appear.
4. Now turn your light on and expose the paper for around five seconds.
5. Lastly, carefully remove the objects and then you can develop the
photogram!
The End
References
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http://www.illuminatednegatives.com/photogramhistory.html
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http://www.photogram.org/concept/definition.html
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http://www.photograms.org/introduction.html
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http://www.ehow.com/how_2030110_make-a-photogram.html
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http://aaronleroyphotography.blogspot.com/2013/02/photogramalbum.html