photogram

[ foh-tuh-gram ]

/ ˈfoʊ təˌgræm /

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noun

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

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Origin of photogram

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

Words nearby photogram

photogelatin process, photogen, photogene, photogenic, photogeology, photogram, photogrammetry, photograph, photographer, photographic, photography

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How to use photogram in a sentence

His impressively diverse VisArts retrospective, “Light Years, Chemical Days, and Digital Seconds,” includes traditional film prints, negative-less photograms and images generated by computer programs and digital scanners.
In the galleries: Intellectually engaging, visually striking and open to interpretation|Mark Jenkins|October 8, 2021|Washington Post
She also collected dust and dirt swept up while at home for almost three months under covid restrictions, printing one pile of debris each day as a near-abstract photogram.
In the galleries: Celebrating the art of the game with unexpected delights|Mark Jenkins|July 2, 2021|Washington Post
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
For working with a brush upon the photogram, the materials are simple and few.
A Handbook of Illustration|A. Horsley Hinton

The print thus made, when mounted on card, is as far as an ordinary photogram can go for this purpose.
A Handbook of Illustration|A. Horsley Hinton
In the same way the original photogram can be used with a piece of blue carbon paper instead of chalking the back of the print.
A Handbook of Illustration|A. Horsley Hinton
Should it be desired to restore the bleached photogram, it can be done by immersing in a weak solution of soda hyposulphite.
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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