Man Ray
Man Ray was an american visual artist who spent most of his career in France. He was born in August 27 1980 but died in November 18 1976. Although he considers himself as a painter, he used to work with various media and is said to be a major contributor to Dada and Surrealist movements. Although being a painter, Man ray was more famously known for his photography due to his outstanding fashion an portrait photography. He is also known for his work with "Rayographs" which is formally known as Photograms.
This is an example of Man Ray's rayographs (image on the left) which displays thumb tacks, a coil of wire and other circular shapes. His rayographs were made without a camera by placing the objects on a sheet of photosensitised paper and exposing it to light. These photograms allowed Man Ray to be considered to be as good as the avant-garde painters of him time.
To make a photogram, the most essential thing needed is for the process to be taken place in a darkroom, then the objects are to be arranged on a photographic paper. Once the arrangement of the objects is completed, the paper is then exposed to light and this is usually done using an enlarger but can also be done using another artificial light source. The photographic paper is then processed, washed and dried. The final result would usually be a negative shadow image that shows variations in tone that depends on the transparency of the objects used. The parts of the paper that have received no light what so ever appear white.
Within my project I have been required to attempt to make various Photograms. Following the procedure, I start off using a test strip of photographic paper to determine how long to expose the paper to light for, in order to get the best result. When that is determined, I expose the paper and follow to the procure till the drying process to end with my final result.
This is an example of Man Ray's rayographs (image on the left) which displays thumb tacks, a coil of wire and other circular shapes. His rayographs were made without a camera by placing the objects on a sheet of photosensitised paper and exposing it to light. These photograms allowed Man Ray to be considered to be as good as the avant-garde painters of him time.
To make a photogram, the most essential thing needed is for the process to be taken place in a darkroom, then the objects are to be arranged on a photographic paper. Once the arrangement of the objects is completed, the paper is then exposed to light and this is usually done using an enlarger but can also be done using another artificial light source. The photographic paper is then processed, washed and dried. The final result would usually be a negative shadow image that shows variations in tone that depends on the transparency of the objects used. The parts of the paper that have received no light what so ever appear white.
Within my project I have been required to attempt to make various Photograms. Following the procedure, I start off using a test strip of photographic paper to determine how long to expose the paper to light for, in order to get the best result. When that is determined, I expose the paper and follow to the procure till the drying process to end with my final result.
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