Project Description

Photograms are a form of cameraless photography. They are made by placing objects directly on the surface of photographic paper which is then exposed to light and developed in the darkroom. This technique creates beautiful shadow images. Areas of the paper that receive no light appear white, areas of semi-exposure appear gray, and areas of full exposure appear black. Experimenting with this method of image creation is one of my favorite processes. These images reflect my experiments with different materials, textures, composition, and pattern.

Material Exploration

egg, glass, salt, tea, plastic wrap

crystal

tape, fiber, tea, spices, elastic bands

wrapper, vaseline

The Masquerade: feather & masks

egg

egg, oil, water, tea

egg, glass, salt, tea, oil, plastic wrap

oil, water, glass, salt, plastic wrap

glass, oil, water, vaseline

egg, salt, glue, glass, plastic wrap

moss, chain, trinkets, and other various material

water, oil, salt, vaseline

egg, water, oil, glass, tea

vaseline, water, oil

egg, oil, water, salt, tea, plastic

egg, oil, water, tea

egg, salt, tea, oil, shaving cream

found objects

plant material, plastic sleeve