Rayographs & PhotogramsPhotograms and Rayographs are images taken without using a camera. You make them by placing objects directly onto light sensitive materials like photographic paper, and exposing them to light for around 8-10 seconds. This produces a negative image of the object on the paper. This all has to be done in a completely dark room so that the paper is not exposed (turning) white before you even begun. Once you have exposed the paper you put it through developing and fixing chemicals and wash it with water to keep it from developing more. The image on the right is one of my favourites. I think the marble effect the glass has is so beautiful.
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MAN RAY
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Man Ray created his images in the same process I described earlier using sheets of photosensitized paper. These images he created are an incredibly important part of art history as they inspired a whole movement in art. His works were a gateway and inspiration for the surrealist artists who followed him. "Man Ray had photographed everyday objects before, but these unique, visionary images immediately put the photographer on par with the avant-garde painters of the day. Hovering between the abstract and the representational, the rayographs revealed a new way of seeing and that pointed the way to the dreamlike visions of the Surrealist writers and painters who followed." |
Moholy-Nagy was a teacher at the Bauhaus. Throughout his career, he was renowned for his innovative styles of photography, typography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and industrial design. One of his main focuses was photography. He experimented largely with the process of photograms. His works and teachings at Bauhaus. He used translucent and opaque objects to show the patterns of their textures more effectively. "Painter, sculptor, photographer, film-maker, designer, typographer, art theoretician, but also an architect of exhibitions, advertising man, stage designer, tireless teacher, the Hungarian artist László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) is the embodiment of the utopian spirit of the avant-gardes of the twenties and thirties." |
LáSZLó MOHOLY-NAGY
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My images.
image 1.
This was the first picture I made. The paper was exposed for to long and the light was to bright. It doesn't have much detail but I think it has character. I love the fact that the 2 paper clips and the film came out in the left top corner. I overall really like this image.
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image 2.
This was the second image I made and I adjusted the light and exposure time.All of the objects came out well and I love the shadow affect of the light bulbs. I really like all the textures in the picture. I think this image is my favourite for I love the light bulbs.
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