7. Henry Fox Talbot
• Some of the first
photographic images made
were photograms
• William Henry Fox Talbot
called photograms
“Photogenic drawings”
8. What is a photogram?
• Is a photographic images
made without a camera.
• The images is made by
placing the objects
directly onto the surface
of the light-sensitive
material such as
photographic paper then
exposing it to light.
9. Henry Fox Talbot
• He made them by placing
leaves and pieces of material
onto sensitized paper, and
then left them outdoor on
sunny days to expose.
• THE RESULT? Dark
background with a white
silhouette of the object.
10. The photogram “Rebirth”
Man Ray a 20th
century artist/
photographer used
Photograms, later
coining the phrase
and process as
“Rayographs”
11. Man Ray
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Real name: Emmanual Rudinitsky
Man Ray: born in Philly 1870
Adult life: New york, Paris, & Hollywood
Reputation flourished in Paris
He became a big part of the Dada and
Surrealist movements in art.
12. Man Ray’s…“Rayographs”
• His style capitalized on the
stark and unexpected
effects of negative imaging,
• unusual juxtapositions of
identifiable objects
• variations in the exposure
time given to different
objects within a single
image, and moving objects
as the sensitive materials
were being exposed.
17. Man Ray’s continued…
• He considered Paris his home, and his artistic reputation
flourished there.
• World War II forced Man Ray to flee Paris.
• He had to leave behind his masterpieces of paintings and
photography; in essence, his entire artistic career.
• When his boat was safely in the Port of Newark, he “was
overcome with a feeling of intense depression”. He knew
he had to start over.
• HIS RAYOGRAPHS were not fully appreciated in his
lifetime, but are now considered great works.
