photogram

[ foh-tuh-gram ]

noun

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

photogram

/ ˈfəʊtəˌɡræm /

noun

1. 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
2. obsolete.
   a photograph, often of the more artistic kind rather than a mechanical record

Word History and Origins

Origin of photogram¹

First recorded in 1855–60; photo- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From Washington Post

No words nor paintings, not even the photogram itself, can reproduce one tithe of the grandeur here enthroned.

From Project Gutenberg

For working with a brush upon the photogram, the materials are simple and few.

From Project Gutenberg

The print thus made, when mounted on card, is as far as an ordinary photogram can go for this purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Should it be desired to restore the bleached photogram, it can be done by immersing in a weak solution of soda hyposulphite.

From Project Gutenberg