Analogue Photograms

Photograms are images that are created from photographic paper and different materials, to create a picture, without the use of a camera. The photos come out black and white, but the more transparent an object is, the more the tone becomes apparent, and the more depth can then be added to an image. The tone can also be changed due to the amount of light that is exposed to the paper. To use the photography paper, you take it into a dark room with a red light, so the paper doesn't take in too much light, otherwise the whole picture will just become white.

To create the photogram, you use your materials, and place them on top of the photographic paper, and then expose it to the light for a few seconds, normally varying from about 5 to 12 seconds.

Photograms started with people like Pablo Picasso, who experimented with the x-ray method, and William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins.

These photograms are pictures that i have created, with the use of everyday objects i had, and also plants that I had collected. I used these objects and placed them in different positions, which allowed me to create small pictures and landscapes.

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