photogram
Americannoun
noun
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a picture, usually abstract, produced on a photographic material without the use of a camera, as by placing an object on the material and exposing to light
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obsolete a photograph, often of the more artistic kind rather than a mechanical record
Etymology
Origin of photogram
Example Sentences
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“All Is Flux” is particularly abstract and fluid-looking, an inky black and pearly white photogram depicting a stream of water flowing across still water in a tray.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
She was old and infirm and had retired to a house in Provence by the time she went back to photography, adding floral photogram borders to her early portraits of Surrealist friends and peers.
From The New Yorker ● May 21, 2019
The photogram was a technique favoured by surrealists like Man Ray, who made abstract compositions by simply placing objects on light-sensitive paper.
From Economist ● Sep. 27, 2017
“I couldn’t believe it. I thought I was looking at a ghost,” Melvin West, 24, said as he searched for items to produce his own photogram.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2016
A circular photogram in sharp black and white appeared on the screen.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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