photograms_____________
• What is a photogram? Wikipedia
• The Photogram "is the most completely
dematerialized medium in which the New Vision
demands" - Laszlo
Maholy-Nagy. Learn more about the Bauhaus school of thought in<
relation to photography after World War I here.
• Article in Leonardo titled "Chemigram:
A New Approach to Lensless Photography" by Pierre
Cordier explores the
technical and conceptual reasonings behind photograms, as well as
a process
he invented called the Chemigram. Download the PDF here (from JStor, for
educational
use only).
• Wendy Mukluk's "How to make Photograms" page
• Slideshow of a few historical and contemporary artists using photogram techniques:
Links to artists shown:
• Mike Sonnichsen
• László Moholy-Nagy
• Adam Fuss
• Man Ray
• Jaromír Funke
• Ellen Carey
• Hanno Otten
• Christian Marclay
• How a photogram is made (from Wikipedia)
Generation of a photogram: A spatially extended light source (1) illuminates objects (2 and 3) that are placed directly in front of a sheet of photosensitive paper. Depending on the object's distance to the paper their shadows look harder (7) or softer (5). Areas of the paper that are in total shadow (6) stay white; they become grey if the objects are transparent or translucent; areas that are fully exposed to the light (4) are blackened.