Photograms
For this stage I have chosen to make photograms that consists of a variation of natural forms, for example I have used dried flowers and leafs. By using this processes it has allowed me to highlight key and hidden features these natural form have, showing the beauty of their veins and textures they hold that the human eye cannot see.
Set 1
For this set I have created photograms in the darkroom. I have used a variation of dried flowers and leaves in these photos, placing them into a slate of glass, which I then placed into the enlarger. I then tested different amounts of time for the enlarger to project onto the photographic paper, I found 4.5 seconds was the right amount of time. This was then projected onto the photographic paper, which I then processed in the chemical processor, so the images were reviled. Even though Susan degrees used cyanotypes inside of photograms, I still have used the idea of forming an image based on nature and creating these photograms from different natural forms.
Set 2
Development
For my development I have taken a few of my photograms that I had already created, inverted them and overlap them with others which I then printed out on acetate paper. In the darkroom I placed them into the enlarger, which projected them onto the photographic paper exposing the paper to the image. I then chemically processed them allowing the image to emerge. from creating these developments not has give a sort of digital pixilated look to the photograms and has also allowed me to experiment with overlapping them and the amount of time needed for the enlarger to project the image.
Acetate Paper Versions:
Photogram Developments:
