What is a photogram:
A photogram is a printing device similar to a cyanotype that prints images by having an object on light sensitive paper and then exposing it to light. This type of photography was popular in the early 1920s with artists like Man Ray creating new photograms.
How are photograms made:
You take an object and place it on light sensitive paper in the dark room. Then expose it to light. It will then be placed in a developer chemical and stopper chemical and let to dry
A photogram is a printing device similar to a cyanotype that prints images by having an object on light sensitive paper and then exposing it to light. This type of photography was popular in the early 1920s with artists like Man Ray creating new photograms.
How are photograms made:
You take an object and place it on light sensitive paper in the dark room. Then expose it to light. It will then be placed in a developer chemical and stopper chemical and let to dry
The 2 artist : Laszio Moholy and Man Ray
Man Ray
Man Ray was a very skilled artist who worked in fields of film, sculpture, art, prints and poetry and very inspired by cubism, futurism, dada and surrealism.
He specialised in abstract art and photograms and his photograms became so popular and distinct that he called them 'Rayographs'.
These types of photograms were developed and changed by Man Ray for his particular ideas and became a distinct part of photograms.
He specialised in abstract art and photograms and his photograms became so popular and distinct that he called them 'Rayographs'.
These types of photograms were developed and changed by Man Ray for his particular ideas and became a distinct part of photograms.
Photograms by Man Ray:
Laszio Moholy
Laszio Moholy was a Austria-Hungarian artist and photographer who became popular for his post war, modernist and experimental work including photography, Dadaism, constructivism and suprematisim. He made his images without a camera by placing ordinary objects on a sheet of photosensitized paper then exposing it to light.
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Photograms by Laszio Moholy Nagy:
Comparison between Laszio and Man Ray:
Man Ray Laszio
Both Man Ray and Laszio were incredible photographers and used the same sort of materials for their photograms but the main images are still very different. Man Ray seems to have very random objects in his photograms which seem to imply he prefers to just capture the moment. On the other hand, Laszio's photogram seems to be specifically positioned/composed abstractly to suggest he is conveying a message, felling or a theme.