more photograms!!!

Sunday evening, raining outside and sat here at the comp wth a belly full of sunday dindins and a glass of vino mmmm

So I thought now would be a perfect time to do a little more research on photograms, here are my findings..............

I came across a number of photograms while searching the internet but these in particular caught my eye.

This photogram was by a lady named 
Anna Atkins 

She lived from 1799-1871

Atkins was friends with Herschel and Talbot, other well known photographers. She had a large interest in botany, and used the cyanotype process to photograph plants. Throughout her career as a photographer she made a book with these plant photographs, and was credited with making the first book of photos. Anna Atkins is also credited for being the first female photographer.

The image caught my eye as I love POPPIES and this image is full of them.
I particularly like the way the light has captured the depth of the flowers, it shows how strong the stems  are and how delicate and near transparent the petals are.
The image also has balance with equal amount of stems on the bottom half of image to similar amount of petals (flower heads) on the top half of image.




Now this image is by an unknown artist going by the name of  asdjklfg
They achieved this photogram by placing real flowers on the bottom half of the photo paper and then placed a cut-out hot air balloon on the top right of the paper.
The outcome is lovely. Almost fable/fairytale like. It holds an adventurous story in it thats beginning, middle and end could vary every time you look back at it.









So, I now have more ideas for my own photograms which I will hopefully be making on Tuesday. Each photogram must contain a mood or emotion. So far I have heart broken, celebratory, generous, hungry, mow I best get my props sorted heehee xoxo