what is a photogram/rayograph?
A photogram/Rayograph is a process you go through to make a certain type of image without using a camera you use special paper and the light from the sun or a light source. You have to do this in a dark room and you will get an image with a black background and the places where you've put the objects on will be white. A photogram/Rayograph is a process you go through to make a certain type of image without using a camera you use special paper and the light from the sun or a light source. You have to do this in a dark room and you will get a image with a black background and the places where you've put the objects on will be white.
How to make a photogram/rayograph?
To make these you get a special type of paper then you put it under a lamp but don't turn it on, you have to do this in a room, which is called 'Dark Room'. You place objects on the paper and turn on the light for 10 seconds and then it turnst off and after you have done that you rinse the paper in different types of chemicals and leave it to dry, also you have to leave the picture within a certain chemical for 10 minutes. Finally when the picture has dried you have a finished piece in black and white.
Examples of Photograms/Rayographs
Man Ray
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Laszlo Moholy Nagy
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My photograms
My first photogram went rather well. The tones work well together and its good that I can see the objects clearly so its not other powering.
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My second attempted is terrible, I was trying to see if my hand would make it better, but its to other powering you can't see the other objects that clearly. There's no tone and there's to much white. It looks like a explosion of white paint.
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