Photograms -
Photograms is a technique used in photography.
Like a cyanotype you do not need a camera to make a photogram. To make a photogram you need to place an object on photo sensitive surface and exposing them to light, this needs to be done in a dark room. The objects block the light while the other parts of the paper become over exposed (become black) while the bits with the object above it become white/grey colour. A Rayograph is very similar to a photogram but it is basically only done by Man Ray his most famous was of him using a coil wire and a thumbtack.
Like a cyanotype you do not need a camera to make a photogram. To make a photogram you need to place an object on photo sensitive surface and exposing them to light, this needs to be done in a dark room. The objects block the light while the other parts of the paper become over exposed (become black) while the bits with the object above it become white/grey colour. A Rayograph is very similar to a photogram but it is basically only done by Man Ray his most famous was of him using a coil wire and a thumbtack.
There are many famous users of photograms such as Man Ray and Lazlo Moholy Nagy and I am going to describe some of their works.
MAN RAY - His work is the first three on the slideshow. Ray was a famous photographer in the 20th century.
I am going to be describing the first one. In the first one there is metal slinky which is bending and behind it is (to me) an unrecognisable object, but to me it also looks like a party hat but I am quite sure isn't what it is. It also has a lot of negative space which brings out the slinky and the unrecognisable object.
LAZLO MOHOLY NAGY - His work is the last three out of the six. Nagy's hay-day was during the early 20th century. I am going to be describing the fourth one. In the fourth one I can see a foot or hand and a spatula-like thing, and few metal pipes. It doesn't have much negative space but has quite a lot of negative space in the top right of the image.
There is not much difference between the two apart from the different type of objects. I think there isn't much 'creativity' in taking photograms as it is only objects and the same technique and the same bird's eye view. One is the type of materials they use Ray uses metal objects and Nagy uses people in his work, more than Ray. However if you look at different areas of their work you can see that they are very different.
MAN RAY - His work is the first three on the slideshow. Ray was a famous photographer in the 20th century.
I am going to be describing the first one. In the first one there is metal slinky which is bending and behind it is (to me) an unrecognisable object, but to me it also looks like a party hat but I am quite sure isn't what it is. It also has a lot of negative space which brings out the slinky and the unrecognisable object.
LAZLO MOHOLY NAGY - His work is the last three out of the six. Nagy's hay-day was during the early 20th century. I am going to be describing the fourth one. In the fourth one I can see a foot or hand and a spatula-like thing, and few metal pipes. It doesn't have much negative space but has quite a lot of negative space in the top right of the image.
There is not much difference between the two apart from the different type of objects. I think there isn't much 'creativity' in taking photograms as it is only objects and the same technique and the same bird's eye view. One is the type of materials they use Ray uses metal objects and Nagy uses people in his work, more than Ray. However if you look at different areas of their work you can see that they are very different.
Analysing My Own Photogram -
I am analysing the image above. In my photogram if have place my hand, a pair of scissors, a ring and two bundles of metal wire bent to look waved.
WWW - I think my selection was good as you had a different range of tones which I chose based on my other exposures. I think the contrast on my hand against the black of the photo paper is really nice. The wire is my favourite part of the image as I bent it to present movement on the wire almost like the ocean. I also like the grey tones on my finger as it appears more 3D then the other images placed on the paper. In the image with the Burberry perfume bottle the text seemed to 'roll' of the bottle which has worked very well.
EBI - In my chosen image to analyse, I think with the pair of scissors I could have opened them to make the shape more obvious and interesting because to someone who may not know what objects have been used may be confused and wonder what the shape is.
WWW - I think my selection was good as you had a different range of tones which I chose based on my other exposures. I think the contrast on my hand against the black of the photo paper is really nice. The wire is my favourite part of the image as I bent it to present movement on the wire almost like the ocean. I also like the grey tones on my finger as it appears more 3D then the other images placed on the paper. In the image with the Burberry perfume bottle the text seemed to 'roll' of the bottle which has worked very well.
EBI - In my chosen image to analyse, I think with the pair of scissors I could have opened them to make the shape more obvious and interesting because to someone who may not know what objects have been used may be confused and wonder what the shape is.