Masquerade

This dreamy photogram is about to get a new home. I'm a little sad to part with it but I'm donating the original to the JSU Red Tie Dinner & Auction event to help raise scholarship funds for the JSU Art Alumni Chapter. I created this photogram in 2017. I believe it was my second time working with photograms and I immediately fell in love with the process. Photograms are a cameraless photographic process. They're made by placing objects directly on the surface of light-sensitive material, such as photographic paper, and exposing it to light. The images are then developed [...]

By |2023-01-23T20:28:28-06:00January 23rd, 2023|Categories: Events, Exhibitions, Photography, Silver Gelatin|Tags: |0 Comments

Chemigrams: Beautiful Little Mysteries

Chemigrams are an experimental art form made by chemically manipulating light-sensitive paper. These were made using a variety of resists that include common kitchen and household items such as eggs, butter, jelly, cooking spray, sunscreen, dish soap, and tape. The resists are applied to the paper while the paper is being exposed to light and then moved back and forth between developer and fix until the desired result is achieved.

By |2021-10-26T18:28:17-06:00February 24th, 2020|Categories: Grad School, Silver Gelatin, Workshops|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Chemigrams & Chemograms

Made my first chemograms and chemigrams today. Both are experimental silver-gelatin based photographic techniques. Chemograms are a combination of a photographic exposure and chemical resists, while chemigrams are made only with chemical resists. I used a combination of butter, cooking spray, and honey to achieve the results seen in the following four images. Adv. Darkroom Photography / Fall 2017 Further Learning Chemigram; Wikipedia Chemogram; Wikipedia Lomography; Cameraless Photography: How to Create Chemigrams Photo Tech Mag; Father of the Chemigram: An Interview with Pierre Cordier f/138; An Introduction to the Chemigram Process Alternative Photography; The Chemigram

By |2020-02-29T00:59:58-06:00November 13th, 2017|Categories: Grad School, Photography, Silver Gelatin|0 Comments

Laptopograms

One of the things I enjoy the most about darkroom photography is the experimentation the process seems to promote. We've made photograms, traditional negative prints with both 35mm film, and 120 mm film shot with a Holga, and we recently experimented with toning prints. Now I'm excited to be playing with a technique I discovered from Kristine Thompson while attending the Society for Photographic Education South Central conference in Waco, Texas last month. Kristine creates photograms by placing light-sensitive paper on the screen of her laptop and then developing it to reveal the image. It sounds easy but it's kind [...]

By |2020-02-29T00:59:58-06:00November 2nd, 2017|Categories: Grad School, Photography, Silver Gelatin|0 Comments

Wrapper

I was going to wait till tonight to work in the darkroom again but decided to go work last night after getting the notice that the university would be closed today and tomorrow. I lost track of time and spent about five hours in the lab making 27 new photograms. A few were tests to see what kind of results different materials would produce. I discovered that I love the texture Vaseline adds. Baby powder, tea, and water droplets also create interesting effects. Here's one of my favorite images from tonight. It's a 5 x 8" photogram of a wrapper. The [...]

By |2021-10-26T18:12:50-06:00September 11th, 2017|Categories: Grad School, Silver Gelatin|0 Comments
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