University:
Missouri State University
Course:
ART 254 | Introduction to Digital Photography for Non-Photography Majors and Minors
Academic year:

2021
Views:

217

Pages:

18
Author:

Edgar Rowe

Camera-‐less Photography An introduc+on to the the PHOTOGRAM process & its history… What is a Photogram? • A PHOTOGRAM is a photographic print made by placing objects onto lightsensitive paper and exposing it with light from above (without the use of a camera). • Also known as RAYOGRAM a7er photographer MAN RAY who claims to have discovered the process. How does a photogram work? Light source Objects Variety of tones created by areas partly exposed to light Light sensi+ve paper Solid shadow created by object ﬂush to paper HENRY FOX TALBOT In the 1830s, HENRY FOX TALBOT, a pioneer of photography, started making photograms of plants, which he referred to as ‘PHOTOGENIC DRAWINGS’. ANNA ATKINS ANNA ATKINS was the ﬁrst woman photographer. She became interested in making accurate drawings of plant life, and used photography and the cyanotype process as her tools. Photogram Artists Most PHOTOGRAMS made in the 1800s were documentary experiments. It wasn’t until the MODERNIST MOVEMENT in the 20th Century that artists started to make photograms as art works focusing on form, movement and space. Many of these artists were part of the BAUHAUS MOVEMENT in Germany. Lotte Jacobi Christian Shad Man Ray Laszlo Moholy Nagy Nagy • Both MAN RAY and MOHOLY -‐ NAGY brought photograms from the scien+ﬁc to the realm of art. •They o7en used 3-‐dimensional objects to see how they would translate onto a 2-‐dimensional photo (light) sensi+ve surface. •They used an ar+ﬁcial light source and some+mes moved the light and the objects around during exposure . Good, Bad or Meh Examples…

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