photogram
[ foh-tuh-gram ]
/ ˈfoʊ təˌgræm /
noun
a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
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Example sentences 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. BancroftA method of making them was recently described by "Teinte" in The Photogram.
Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition|Walter E. Woodbury and Frank R. FraprieFor 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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