Photograms
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbde2c89de2175ebe46b89e815d3e1651ad59c9e80e567c2d8e2ebcc05b437ee/Prints_011-1.jpeg)
Sunflower
Photograms are images made in the darkroom without the use of a camera. Objects—in these examples, plants and tree parts—are placed on light-sensitive silver-based photo paper. (To see in the dark, I use a red safelight, which has no effect on the paper, which is then exposed to a short burst of white light.)
If the object is thick (such as a stem or an opaque leaf), no light reaches the paper, rendering a striking white design. Areas that are exposed to direct light turn black. In-between thicknesses render shades of gray.
The exposed paper is then placed in a tray of developer, then fixed for permanence.
The exposed paper is then placed in a tray of developer, then fixed for permanence.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dfe674509681d10d5c5da24da509ea8d649192cc8b2aa1b7252ac4da29369b80/Prints_001-1.jpeg)
Oat grass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5594bf48dd13b96bbcefef699d9e6c25a4067a2f78213bbaf63388f64140b991/Prints_006-1.jpeg)
Barberry
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4630fe7624e8b5e7c7703b091ef8e6a0507825d74dbccd8fa7bc16d6932871e3/Prints_004-1.jpeg)
Oat grass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e5b3fe65eef35c702cfdd6258412a74be68961b2d12794f741a576b27112250/Prints_068-1.jpeg)
Queen Anne’s Lace
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0485db6e4265011e59baae7d04ad6630357e0e1d456f1f21bbedb15cf2f4481e/Prints_009-1.jpeg)
Queen Anne’s Lace
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4e6f03307e9091ae2e9a22ba7aca93ccb9f4f8852a0c26d522f7ddbc236432b/Prints_069-1.jpeg)
Queen Anne’s Lace
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aff222a7695cc28dac371d778f4d06bd8f87c34244265b23d59453470dea0996/Prints_021-1.jpeg)
Rudbeckia
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c55934e4873c1244e07b5760b8a211e6d75960da70d2f0ed1fc69b517030d09/Prints_057-2-1.jpeg)
Rudbeckia
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/439b0e245247a1d373608a69ea2fa0e3df19e30aa6d05215a312e866e57ba871/Prints_052-1.jpeg)
Rudbeckia
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c08a1ff01d26c4ec380b370b888f80b5de64af7732425d6df427c8fda0561ca5/Prints_040-1.jpeg)
Maple
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00f6ba1f30307b24cf230b4373cb0f65e2d566c0e098a0b6840123d03704314c/Prints_010-1.jpeg)
Sunflower
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fc3ea54ecc2f44d9ba9f72cd73d25dfafff12536941117b9128cfa566a6500a/Prints_074-2-1.jpeg)
Zebra grass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3ae3c854746137f9776c573d2b78fa809315ef4380c7662793f04c4a6401073/Prints_067-1.jpeg)
Queen Anne’s lace
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/189f3f55f5f17aa142348e9920226785035cdfd4e8b2f0cb2ae97e56b13bc472/Prints_047-1.jpeg)
Wild Raspberry
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/482eb893a668f119ea685a488b8aefec47b324389c6e6086a40644d9d6a826d2/Prints_039-1.jpeg)
Maple
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/152ad7e737d88c3f4b7f8cc2a896f55e497139812a5c139aa22a73568a73ed1d/Prints_051-1.jpeg)
Oat grass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7a047aad2b3e3597db5d825fe930d0f702cc1a03805f2105519a8bc78f0624d/Prints_048-1.jpeg)
Hawthorn
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2af6ddcf0d79929f58943610716cef0dedea4851812b6e1cf306c341d3dbb90a/Prints_022-1.jpeg)
Barberry
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fe74812e027d8aa6d98121f7a9c6e11f7c0119080ba3e081fd8aabc5ebb0856/Image-241.jpeg)
Native Grass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01682983daf2c023c0d3200e6abed93ab8d0ebd25429e94e3618b9302fe348a6/Image-197.jpeg)
Virginia Creeper
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01c05b97399b1b313e4de42c91e8437a8935a132daf7aa01ce0af1491de95f2a/Image-243.jpeg)
Mahonia
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b552dd1ad1b210d2e300567367f3ddbc16043f5e79e507623c1c27724521d5f1/Image-208-1.jpeg)
Cheatgrass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb78b677bb0a94e1abe952ece6fa5f7762b1018d638256c620c0a9cc376ab363/Image-187.jpeg)
Cheatgrass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ed812a8f48408a3d68139919c1b8c078a5b3c2d244568aadff65f7e89a79a15/Image-198.jpeg)
Cheatgrass
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c05254b9c139e7121259ef081a8b480121ec6b2eb19d92f03c3ca9cb82520d3/Image-205.jpeg)
Japanese Maple
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2eedaec576e28ca75e05ac50abbb3de7f936116112b06e13467ed37627e8b97f/Image-199.jpeg)
Cannabis
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c275757af8b93576dbee76b50ca3887c43c7037b4d9d8067e8be2b82ac5f7ff/Image-188.jpeg)
Bottle Brush Grass