Cameraless Photographer - Susan Derges
Susan Derges is a photographic artist born in England in 1955, she specialises in cameraless photography (aka, photograms).
Cameraless photography is when you generate a photographic image with out using a camera, this is achieved by placing objects on top of light-sensitive paper and then exposing it to light, leaving any areas that aren't covered to be completely exposed to the light. This results normally in a negative shadow image that shows differences in shade depending on how transparent the object that was place on top was.
Originally having trained in painting, she had expressed an early interest in abstraction. Derges then turned to cameraless photography after having some frustration with the way that the "the camera always separates the subject from the viewer". Derges has constantly been searching for different methods for recording images of cameraless photography, one includes the photogram.
The image above was made by Susan Derges and seems to consist of smoke in a glass container therefore allowing the smoke to prevent some light from getting to the light sensitive paper creating a pattern of white on the page. The smoke in the middle of the image allows for the surroundings of the smoke to be completely dark allowing contrast of the smoke and background. I think this all results in a pretty cool looking image.
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Cameraless photography is when you generate a photographic image with out using a camera, this is achieved by placing objects on top of light-sensitive paper and then exposing it to light, leaving any areas that aren't covered to be completely exposed to the light. This results normally in a negative shadow image that shows differences in shade depending on how transparent the object that was place on top was.
Originally having trained in painting, she had expressed an early interest in abstraction. Derges then turned to cameraless photography after having some frustration with the way that the "the camera always separates the subject from the viewer". Derges has constantly been searching for different methods for recording images of cameraless photography, one includes the photogram.
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| Image source: https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/derges/aerisL.jpg |
The image above was made by Susan Derges and seems to consist of smoke in a glass container therefore allowing the smoke to prevent some light from getting to the light sensitive paper creating a pattern of white on the page. The smoke in the middle of the image allows for the surroundings of the smoke to be completely dark allowing contrast of the smoke and background. I think this all results in a pretty cool looking image.
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