What Is Photogram/Rayograph?
A photogram is an image made out of photographic paper without the aid of a camera. To make this one, Man Ray exposed the paper to light at least three times. Each time a different set of objects acted as a stencil: a pair of hands, a pair of heads kissing, and two darkroom trays. With each exposure, the paper darkened where it was not masked. Man Ray claimed to have invented the photogram not long after he emigrated from New York to Paris in 1921. Although, in fact, the practice had existed since the earliest days of photography, he was justified in the artistic sense, for in his hands the photogram was not a mechanical copy but an unpredictable pictorial adventure. He called his photograms "rayographs." A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic and then exposing it to light. The usual result is a negative shadow image that shows variations in tone that depends upon the transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have received no light appear white; those exposed through transparent or semi-transparent objects appear grey. |
What Makes A Good Photogram
To make a good photogram you have too know how many seconds your going to expose it for and how much light you going to use. For example: You have use 5.6 light and expose it for 3 seconds it would have a really good effects but if you expose it for too long like 6 seconds then it would be completely black. The more solid the object you put on the paper, the denser the image that will be projected on the paper. So if you put a key for example, it would be black on the paper. If you put plastic or glass you will see different projections on the paper. Colored plastic or glass in particular will show a different density. |
Evaluation
Items were: phone case, usb, pen, calculator and head phone. FIrst i layered it out in a random order and then i exposed it for 4 seconds and the light was 5.6. The phone case came out really and the usb came out like an eye. The pen was transparent and the heads phones didn't come out clearly because it isn't really solid and the calculator was moved so i got the effect on the photogram. |