A photogram is a photographic image produced by placing different objects on light sensitive paper, without the use of a camera, The usual result of this is an x-ray like shadow that shows different types of tones depending on the transparency of the objects used. If areas of the paper are solidly white, this means it has received no light. A photogram is made by placing objects onto light sensitive paper, exposing the paper with light for roughly 2 seconds and then putting the paper into 3 different solutions: the developer, the stop and the fix- has to be done in a darkroom which has dim red lighting which allows you to see without exposing the paper to light.
-- "a picture produced with photographic materials, such as light-sensitive paper, but without a camera."
EXPERIMENTING WITH OLD NEGATIVES
To begin with, I used medium format negatives then went into the dark room and plaued around with different materials on top of the photographic paper. There were various approaches to this, such as: cutting up different negatives
WHAT ARE CHEMIGRAMS?
Chemigrams are an experiment whereby photographic images are made by painting on a light sensitive paper e.g. photographic paper. This results in a watercolour seeming painting. This is a combination of both photography and 'painting'. First used and invented by Pierre Cordier, artist-
CHEMIGRAM EXPERIMENTS IN THE DARKROOM
CHEMIGRAM EXPERIMENTS OUT OF THE DARKROOM
For my first experiment, I painted a lipgloss on photographic paper and then took this paper to be exposed to light at the window for roughly a minute. I then put this paper into the developer until it reached it's maximum exposure and then put it in the stopper in order to stop the developing. Although I didn't run off the excess gloss, you can see quite prominently where the liquid had been exposed. The second experiment was a mixture of nail varnishes and