Photograms
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Henry Fox Talbot
• Some of the first photographic images made were photograms
• William Henry Fox Talbot called photograms “Photogenic drawings”
What is a photogram?
• Is a photographic images made without a camera.
• The images is made by placing the objects directly onto the surface of the light-sensitive material such as photographic paper then exposing it to light.
Henry Fox Talbot
• He made them by placing leaves and pieces of material onto sensitized paper, and then left them outdoor on sunny days to expose.
• THE RESULT? Dark background with a white silhouette of the object.
The photogram “Rebirth”
Man Ray a 20th century artist/photographer used Photograms, later coining the phrase and process as “Rayographs”
Man Ray
• Real name: Emmanual Rudinitsky • Man Ray: born in Philly 1870 • Adult life: New york, Paris, & Hollywood • Reputation flourished in Paris • He became a big part of the Dada and
Surrealist movements in art.
Man Ray’s…“Rayographs”
• His style capitalized on the stark and unexpected effects of negative imaging,
• unusual juxtapositions of identifiable objects
• variations in the exposure time given to different objects within a single image, and moving objects as the sensitive materials were being exposed.
Rayographs
Other photographic works by MAN RAY
“Glass Tears” by Man Ray ca 1930-‐33
Hair photo by Man Ray
“Le Violon d’Ingres” 1924 by Man Ray
Man Ray’s continued… • He considered Paris his home, and his artistic reputation
flourished there. • World War II forced Man Ray to flee Paris. • He had to leave behind his masterpieces of paintings and
photography; in essence, his entire artistic career. • When his boat was safely in the Port of Newark, he “was
overcome with a feeling of intense depression”. He knew he had to start over.
• HIS RAYOGRAPHS were not fully appreciated in his lifetime, but are now considered great works.