While most photograms
are made with standard black and white photographic paper, the Photogram
is a process that lends itself to experimenting and in terms of materials,
the limiting factor is only one's imagination.
A section of
a photogram from the Adze
to Coda series on Black and White paper.
Standard black and white photographic paper:
This is the typical photographic material most people begin making
photograms with. It is readily available as are the chemicals to process
it. The contrast can be controlled by using different grades of paper
or using multi contrast filters and multi contrast paper. One advantage
is that it can be processing a safe light, which means we can see
where and how objects are placed on the paper before the exposure
is made. It is a negative process which means the areas which received
the most light will record as the darkest in the final print representing
the object in a ghost like fashion.
A typical Black and White
Photographic paper I use to make photograms
I used this material for both :
