Term - Photogram

Photogram

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Photogram

Where an image is formed by placing an object directly onto printing paper and exposing it to a light source. Many photographers and artists have tried this technique including pioneers Thomas Wedgwood and Fox Talbot along with the Surrealist, Man Ray, who renamed them Rayograms.

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