A photogram is a cameraless image made by placing objects on or in front of light-sensitive material which is then exposed to a light source. A botanical photogram is where your subject is a plant. We take a chronological look at artworks created by great practitioners of the technique past and present.
William Henry Fox Talbot, Wild Fennel, 1841-42, Salted paper print
Anna Atkins, Leucojam Varium, 1854, Cyanotype
Man Ray, Untitled (Rayograph with Flowers and Ferns), 1922, Rayograph
László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled (Flower), 1925-26
György Kepes, Transverse section of Osmanthus wood: 50X, 1951
Harry Nankin, Quadrat 5 The Rain, 2005
Artist WebsiteJames Welling, Flower 29, 2006,
Artist’s websiteHajicek & Panaro-Smith, Botanical 07-01, 2007
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