Photogram

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/photogram

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the methodology?Direct contact printing of objects onto light-sensitive material without a camera
2. What is the etymology?Derived from Greek 'phos' (light) and 'gramma' (something drawn)
3. How do you make a photogram?To make one, lay the objects on photographic paper, expose it to light, then develop the paper so the shadows become visible.
4. Why do some parts of a photogram look black or white?Dark parts are where the light was blocked by the objects, and white parts are where no light reached the paper; different transparencies make gray shades.

Light-Sensitive Material: A medium, typically paper or film, containing chemicals that react to light, forming a photographic image.
Latent Image: An invisible image formed on photographic material after exposure to light, made visible by chemical development.
Translucency: The property of a material that allows light to pass through but diffuses it, creating semi-transparent effects in photograms.