photogram

[ foh-tuh-gram ]

/ ˈfoʊ təˌgræm /

noun

a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.

Nearby words

photogen, photogene, photogenic, photogenic epilepsy, photogeology, photogram, photogrammetry, photograph, photographer, photographic, photography

Origin of photogram

First recorded in 1855–60; photo- + -gram¹

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Examples from the Web for photogram

No words nor paintings, not even the photogram itself, can reproduce one tithe of the grandeur here enthroned.
Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite|A.L. Bancroft
A method of making them was recently described by "Teinte" in The Photogram.
Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition|Walter E. Woodbury and Frank R. Fraprie
For working with a brush upon the photogram, the materials are simple and few.
A Handbook of Illustration|A. Horsley Hinton

British Dictionary definitions for photogram

photogram

/ (ˈfəʊtəˌɡræm) /

noun

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

obsolete a photograph, often of the more artistic kind rather than a mechanical record

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