Photograms/Rayographs
What is a Photogram/Rayograph?
Photograms or Rayographs are camera-less images made by putting objects on a photo surface and putting them to light. Where the object touches the surface it will protect it from the light, leaving a white or pale grey shadow. If light is able to get underneath the object the surface will change in tone. If there is no protection at all the paper will turn black.
Photograms or Rayographs are camera-less images made by putting objects on a photo surface and putting them to light. Where the object touches the surface it will protect it from the light, leaving a white or pale grey shadow. If light is able to get underneath the object the surface will change in tone. If there is no protection at all the paper will turn black.
How do you make a photogram?
Firstly you choose a series of objects. You arrange these objects on a piece of light sensitive photographic paper. This is then put in light for a few seconds. The paper is then put in the wet bit of the darkroom and put in a series of chemicals. The main chemicals used in the darkroom are developer, which causes the silver iodide of the paper emulsion to darken if it has been exposed to light, and fixer, which removes the undeveloped silver iodide from the emulsion. A chemical used to completely stop the development process is called stop bath, and is used between the developer stage and the fixer stage. Evaluation Of My Rayograph. |
This was my rayograph i really like this because the shadows and the detail is really sharp and crisp and you can really see objects and what is going on in the picture.