Photogram

フォトグラム / 1830s– / avant-garde revival / Technique / Photographic Techniques

Makes images without a camera: objects laid on the sensitive surface, exposed to light — contour, transparency and distance become the picture.

Cameraless / Object contours / Reversed values / Contact and distance

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Comparing historical works and their conditions · Deciding which principles survive translation to today's media
Type: Observe the type and composition of reference works
Composition: Extract the one principle that steers the eye
Material: Verify the technique's own materials, process and support
Caution: Not just any black-and-white abstraction. Verify the relation of surface, object and light.
Further study: Anna Atkins / Man Ray / László Moholy-Nagy