chemigrams are a type of way of taking a picture u don't use a lens or camera all you use is chemicals and light and something to put the first chemicals on with. i think making chemigrams was quite simple. my second one is lighter then my first because i decided to expose it for less time i like it more then the first one. i put both of them in the stop but u can see more of the other colours in the first one. i used the paintbrush to apply the developer and fix to the first image i think i used to much liquid because u can't really see any detail. in the second one i used a paper towel i think this is much better to use because it applies less liquid to the paper and the texture that it makes is more interesting then the first image. The fix made white shapes, whereas the stop and developer created paler shapes, but my 2nd image made both. the timing on my the second one was really short so not a lot of colours came out and it was very pale.
pierre cordier
Pierre Cordier
pierre was a chemigram photographer.he discovered chemigrams when writing soothing with nail polish on photographic paper on november 10th 1956. the technique is made with a chemical reaction and light,, not a camera or enlarger.
this photograph is one of Cordier's earliest works and combines the two forms of experimental photography: the photogram and chemigram. i think it looks very interesting and doesn't look like a normal photograph.
My Chemigram
cc. we used developer and fix, miss provided the chemicals for us in a long plastic container with paintbrushes in each. we chose objects to put on our chemigrams to leave a pattern on then i used the spool and i really like the pattern it left. I also dropped on the fix and my image has a interesting texture where i dropped it on with a paintbrush. After we had finneshed putting the chemicals on the paper we left our photograms to expose for 48 hours near the window to have the most light. We made sure that the objects were still on the paper so the pattern would be really clear on the image and didn't fade.
It was interesting to see the images after they had been exposed for 48 hours. the paper that was once white has fur into a light grey brown colour. the fix had a slight affect but the developer made a much darker colour.
part the paper is white from where the object had moved slightly from moving it to the window. where i put the developer on my paper it has kind of cracked but i think it makes the image more interesting.