This set on photograms is intended for 9 - 12 grade students in an introductory darkroom photography course.
The objectives of this set include the following:
Students will take the information they have learned through these slides to create a photogram of their own. The principles they have learned will guide them to make a successful image.
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What do you see in this photo?
How do you think it was created?
Artist: László Moholy-Nagy
Date: 1937-1944
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An exceptional acquisition to the Department of Photography is a photogram by László Moholy-Nagy from about 1940.
Moholy-Nagy was among the first artists to make photograms in the early 1920s. He apparently made this work by laying pieces of cut paper on a sheet of photographic paper and exposing it to the light. The result is an abstract composition of light and shadow, typical of this hands-on process that utilizes neither camera nor negative.
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Title: What's New at the Museum?: Arts Magazine
Artist: Lisa Dickinson Michaux
Date: 1999
Medium: Article, Magazine Article
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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What do you notice in this photo?
Artist: Man Ray (Emmanuel Rudnitsky)
Date: 1924
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (29.53 x 23.5 cm) (image)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 96.24
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Write down 3 thoughts about these photos in your notebook.
Based on what you have seen in these photos, what would you say that a photogram is?
The first photograms were created by Fox Talbot in the early 1800s. They were then continued and modified by Man Ray.
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A photogram is a simple record of light and shadow.
Describe the shapes that the light and shadows make in this photo.
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Artist: László Moholy-Nagy
Date: 1923
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 15 11/16 x 11 13/16 in. (39.85 x 30 cm) (image, sheet)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2002.21
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What do you see happening in each photo?
Draw a double bubble to compare and contrast these photos.
How are they similar? How are they different?
Artist: Bruce Conner
Date: 1975
Medium: Photographs
Size: Unframed 85 x 39 x inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
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A light source is what creates the darks or shadows in the pictures. The object is blocking the light to create the brights or highlights.
Look at the following photos. How does this look different from the images we have already seen?
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Artist: Daniel Ranalli
Date: 1978
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 13 x 10 7/16 in. (33.02 x 26.51 cm) (image)19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50.17 x 40.01 cm) (mount)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 78.95.1
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Artist: Daniel Ranalli
Date: 1978
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 12 5/8 x 10 in. (32.07 x 25.4 cm) (image)19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in. (50.64 x 40.48 cm) (mount)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 90.129.14
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There are two types of photograms:
Printed-out: is created with any light source
Developed-out: made in the darkroom and uses chemicals to bring out the latent, ghost image.
*This is the kind that we make.
You will be creating a photogram with objects of your choice.
Your photogram should show:
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What do you notice about the COMPOSITION of this photogram?
COMPOSITION: visually "pleasing" arrangement of objects in a picture plane.
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What do you notice about the THEME in this photo?
A THEME is an idea, image or subject repeated in a work.
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