Here's my second photography homework assignment... to make a collage out of at least five photograms.

Best seen as large as possible!

What is a photogram? Well, it's where you put objects or an object on black and white photo paper and expose it to light and then develop it. Some people had themes for their work... mine was just random stuff pasted together.

Photogram.

Experimenting with creating photograms

This was for my alternative processes class, we had to make photograms ON negatives and then print them. I put dried flowers on medium format color. Used a flash. Scanned the negative.

Yepp.

Original Photogram is a traditional gelatin print 11x14"

Spaghetti, hemp, coffee beans, some glass rectangle thingie, Chris' keys. Color photography is so confusing but I love it!

This is my 2nd photogram.

title "My favorites"

Photography class at ECSU - Photogram 2005

collage

Another photogram at home experimenting with the potential of lensless photography

photogram made with minidiscs

Photogram on Fuji FP-100C

Light source: Flashlight with colour filters

White stripe from stuck white tab

11. Januar 2009

These are some photograms I made while working on a photography communications project. None of these will probably make it to my final project, but I do think they're pretty cool lookin'.

I won't spoil it for you by telling you the objects I used in each, but I'm sure you can figure it out for most of them. ;o)

A bit more successful this time.

This time I coated Lyson 210lb smooth matte Inkjet paper, (yes, inkjet), straight out of the packet, with cyanotype sensitizer. Exposed to cloudy summer sky for 30 mins. Washed under clean, slightly alkaline water, then gave a 2 min bath in a moderate citric acid solution.

Levels only very slightly altered in PS., not to detract from the original.

My first photogram ever. Photograms, in case you are unfamiliar with them, are when you take photopaper and set objects on it, then shine a light on it so that the objects' shadows come out in negative.

A photogram from my decorum series.

Original Photogram is a traditional gelatin print 11x14"

Photogram on Sun-Art cyanotype paper.

On May 11th I started my graduate program and my first class was a special topics in photography.

This was not on the top of my list because photography has never really "clicked" with me (he he).

First week we have been experimenting with Pinhole Cameras and Photograms! Here are some of the ones I made today.

www.richardberryphotography.co.uk

This is a photogram I made today using broken charcoal.

I took a photo of it on my iPhone.

I'm loving iOS 5 with the + volume button as the shutter release! So much more stability.

Photogram

This is an image from my "watergrams" series. This is a cameraless image, made in a wet darkroom. Nothing digital about this, except for the selective toning to separate the female body from all the rest.

Wondered what would happen if I inverted the photograms I have already made.

Photogram

collage

photogram

Cyanotypie

Mit Waschsoda gebleicht und mit Tee coloriert

One of the first photographs created was a photogram. I love re-visiting the historical and simple process from time to time. The simplicity I find refreshing and the chemical processing in the darkroom is almost a meditative state for me.

8/10" Diafilm direkt

Another scan of a print I did for my darkroom photography class.

Photograms were the first thing I learned in darkroom and I enjoyed doing them a lot. Finally scanned them.

Lumen print on Maco MS2+ (9x12 cm)

read about Lumen print here.

A photogram is just a piece of photographic paper with one or more objects placed on top of it, or somewhere in the light path between the enlarger light bulb and the paper.

Objects put directly on top of photo paper. ~ Photogram

A photogram representing nature! Just plants I've collected which I thought were interesting shapes and sizes and did a Photogram of them!

- Developed myself