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DAY 122 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Photograms
WRITING WITH LIGHT
Photograms are photographs in perhaps the truest sense because they are images created with exposure to light, but they are not considered photographs in the conventional sense because they are not created using a camera.
When objects are arranged on photographic film or photosensitive paper, exposed to light and then developed, all but the areas of the paper where objects had been placed are rendered black, leaving a pattern in the shape of the objects. Different effects are achieved when objects of varying degrees of solidity are used, either laid directly on the surface or ...
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