Camera Less Photography
The aim of this project is to make a series of photographic images that do not need a camera. Their are loads of different ways of making pictures without cameras.
Timeline.
History Of Camera Less Photography
The first photographs ever made were created without the use of a camera. This explores the camera-less image from its discovery in the 1850s to the present day. Drawing together unique examples from the V&A collection this display showcases the work of the key figures in the history of photography, including Anna Atkins, Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy.Camera-less photographs can be made using a variety of techniques, the most common of which are the photogram, the luminogram and the chemigram. These techniques are sometimes used in combination. Many involve an element of chance.
Chemigrams.
Chemigrams are made by directly manipulating the surface of photographic paper, often with varnishes or oils and photographic chemicals. They are produced in full light. Documented experiments are often an important part of the process.
Chemigrams are a form of camera-less photography. It was first invented in the 1950s by Pierre Cordier and Chemigrams involve using photographic paper (like other forms of camera-less photography). Chemigrams are made with photographic paper and some chemicals which are developer, stop and fixer. Unlike Photograms, Chemigrams are made under the bright light which means you reveal light into the photographic paper.
Making a Chemigram:
Items you need:
- Photographic paper
- Three trays with developer, stop and fixer chemicals
- An object that you will use to make the Chemigram
1. Get your object that you want to use out and dip it into the developer.
2. Place your object onto your photographic paper gently. Hold onto the object for around 40-60 seconds.
3. Remove your object and then place the photographic paper into the stop for around 30 seconds.
4. Remove and then place the paper into the fixer for around 5-10 minutes.
5. Now remove your paper and then wash off the chemicals into water.
Chemigrams are a form of camera-less photography. It was first invented in the 1950s by Pierre Cordier and Chemigrams involve using photographic paper (like other forms of camera-less photography). Chemigrams are made with photographic paper and some chemicals which are developer, stop and fixer. Unlike Photograms, Chemigrams are made under the bright light which means you reveal light into the photographic paper.
Making a Chemigram:
Items you need:
- Photographic paper
- Three trays with developer, stop and fixer chemicals
- An object that you will use to make the Chemigram
1. Get your object that you want to use out and dip it into the developer.
2. Place your object onto your photographic paper gently. Hold onto the object for around 40-60 seconds.
3. Remove your object and then place the photographic paper into the stop for around 30 seconds.
4. Remove and then place the paper into the fixer for around 5-10 minutes.
5. Now remove your paper and then wash off the chemicals into water.
Examples Of Chemigrams.
Chemigrams Analysis.
I really like this picture but then i don't, firstly i think i like it because it has different tonal colours,also its different and unique because it has been created by me.Also i like the way some of the lines are faint and some aren't.