Photograms and Chemograms (Photography)

 This Developer Chemogram was toned blue and then the surface was scratched into.

   I loved playing around with the basics of making a photographic image and creating images that were most definitely non-traditional. It became known as Abstract Photography. Chemograms are so easy to make and the results are never the same. 2013 was a big year for chemograms!!
   I taught Photography for over 25 years to students from Year 7 to Year 12 and loved every minute of it. Some of my students have gone on to have careers in the field of Photography. Very proud of them!!

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  1. Unknown18 September 2018 at 03:55

    Im fascinated by this and would love to give it a try, do you have any other tips? like other chemicals that produce interesting reactions, or ways to paint on the image,
    would it work using 35mm film to paint on? or 120mm? or does it have to be photographic paper?

    please respond because I've been trying to get my head around it for years with no luck,





    any help you could give would be amazing, I would be totally in your debt

    Joel

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    2. Unknown22 September 2018 at 08:43

      Yeah absolutely. My email is milzyis@hotmail.com

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