Photograms

A photogram is a photograph made with photographic materials but without a camera.

William Henry Fox Talbot is known for creating the first photogram that was fixed. Other photographers were known to produce photograms earlier than Fox Talbot but these are no longer in existence due to the fact they weren't fixed as fixer had not been discovered so they can not be seen in present day and there are no records of them.

In 1843, Anna Atkins produced a book. This was the first book to be illustrated with photographs and these photographs were photograms.

In the 20th century, Man Ray experimented with photograms (naming them rayographs).He experimented with the negatives and gave them all different exposure times depending on the objects that were used.

Artists

Man Ray

James Welling

Adam Fuss

Markus Amm

David Lebe

Here are some examples of photograms from the above artists.