This is a Photogram, taken by the photographer Lasly Maholy-Nagy, between 1895 - 1946. He placed a flower on top of a photo sensitive surface, and exposed it to light, leaving a a white impression. Some areas are darker than others. This may because of how certain areas have been raised higher than others, being less exposed to the light. This can create different shadows and depths to the image.
I like how the object has a very clear outline, which contrast with the very dark, dramatic background. It is not as abstract as other photograms, instead the photographer has chosen to keep it very simple by only using a single object. |
For this task, we were experimenting in a dark room, making our own photograms. The equipment that i used during the experiment were, a variety of objects, photographic paper, which was light sensitive, an enlarger and a dark room. Once the paper was exposed to light, with the objects on top, they were placed into a chemical called the developer for 2 minutes. As they were in the chemicals you could start to see the light areas of the photogram appear.
We carefully used light and time, by only exposing the paper for a very short amount of time. We opened it up to 2.4 which exposed a lot of light, so we reduced it to 5.6, only having it on for two seconds. If i was to do my photogram again, i would put the objects, further in the center of the page, which would leave no negative areas. If i were to improve my photogram, i would put the objects, further centered on the page, which would leave no negative areas. I would use some more objects to make the photogram more interesting. |