Photograms

For this stage I have chosen to make photograms that consists of a variation of natural form, for example 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.

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Set 1

For this set I have created photograms in the darkroom. I used dried flowers and leaves in these photos, and placed them into a slate of glass which I then placed into the enlarger. 4.5 seconds was the amount of time I choses for the enlarger to project the natural form. This was then projected onto the photographic paper, I processed the them in the chemicals, so the images was 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

For this set I still used dried natural objects, but I moved on to experiment with the length of the photographic paper, seeing if it would create another look to the photograms. the processes was the same as the fist set I did, and I kept the amount of time for the enlarger to project the same, 4.5 seconds.