A photogram is an image that is created without a camera. You place objects on top of a light sensitive surface. The shadows casted from the objects creates images, but you need to chemically treat the surface to then show the images.
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These pieces are created by Jennifer Morrison and are inspired by the works of Man Ray and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
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Equipment & Material
- Darkroom
- Enlarger
- Photographic paper
- Clock
- Chemicals
- Water
- Trays
Method
- You need to set up the enlarger. set the aperture to f/8, then make sure all the filters are on zero and set the timer to 3.0 seconds.
- Then you need to create a test strip by putting the paper, emulsion side up. Then place objects on top and using card, expose for 3.0 at a time. which is to see what is the correct exposure.
- Next put the strip in the chemicals: Developer for 2 minutes which needs to be agitated the hole time, Stop bath for 30 seconds, Fixer for 5 minutes and lastly the wash for 10 minutes.
- Looking at the strip you can determine the time needed for the final piece.
- Lastly using the new exposure time, create the final piece by again laying objects on a bigger piece of paper then follow the same steps.
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| This piece was created by Jennifer Morrison |
Chemigram
A chemigram uses the same method but instead of putting the pieces straight into the developer, it is painted on instead.
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| This piece was created by Jennifer Morrison |
Health and safety
- Do not place hands in the chemicals
- clean up any spillages
- If the chemicals get splashed on to hands wash immediately
- keep the work area clean and uncluttered to prevent hazards
