What is a photogram/ rayograph?
A photograms are images created without a camera. You place objects on photo paper and exposing it to light. Once the objects are on the paper, they protect certain that part form the sunlight and it leaves a light grey/white shadow of the object. the tone will change if light gets under the object and if there is no protection at all the paper will turn black.
Who was Laszlo Moholy-Nagy?
Laszlo was a hungarian photographer and painter who was born in 1895 and died in 1946. He was also a professor at the Bauhaus school.
A photograms are images created without a camera. You place objects on photo paper and exposing it to light. Once the objects are on the paper, they protect certain that part form the sunlight and it leaves a light grey/white shadow of the object. the tone will change if light gets under the object and if there is no protection at all the paper will turn black.
Who was Laszlo Moholy-Nagy?
Laszlo was a hungarian photographer and painter who was born in 1895 and died in 1946. He was also a professor at the Bauhaus school.
Who was Man ray?
Man Ray was an American artist who was born August 27 1890 and died November 18 1976. Ray spent nearly all of his career in France.
Man Ray was an American artist who was born August 27 1890 and died November 18 1976. Ray spent nearly all of his career in France.
How do you make a photogram?
1.Arrange the objects on the photo paper.
2.expose the paper to the light once happy with the object placement.
3.you will need to expose the paper for around 3 seconds.
4.The paper is then taken to the wet area of the darkroom.
5.It is then soaked in chemicals.
The main chemicals are the developer and fixer. The chemical which is used to completely stop the development is called the stop bath process and it is used between the fixer and developer stage.
This is the photogram I made using hair bands, metal rings and coins. I think this worked well because it is clear and you can figure out what the letter is fairly quickly. It would been better if I had added different objects around it because it is a little bit on the plain side. Also, there is a lot of dead space in the image so I could have added some pins around the edge to make it more interesting.