PHOTOGRAMS

Stationery Items:

​Exposed for 20 seconds
Shows some good contrasts

Cheese Grater and Cardamon Pods:
Exposed for 17 seconds
Shows some contrasts. Uninteresting

Wooden Spoon and Spaghetti:
Exposed for 4 seconds
Not good.  No tone variations

• A photogram is made in the darkroom, without a camera.
• All this is required is print aper, a light source - i.e. the enlarger - and a selection of objects to place in the light path.
• Collect interesting shapes or use everyday objects, such as keys or coins.
• A photogram image is produced by arranging objects on the surface of a sheet of photographic paper.
• When the enlarger is switched on, the paper is exposed everywhere except in the shadow of the object. The paper then records a negative image - a silhouette in reverse - of the object.
• The principe is simple and some subtle and delicate effects can be achieved.