Photogram

This photogram is interesting because it utilizes the forms of the hand as the foreground for the rest of the objects. A photogram is defined as a process, "The result is a negative shadow image varying in tone, depending on the transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have received no light appear white; those exposed through transparent or semi-transparent objects appear grey". In other words, objects that are transparent appear grey while object that aren't appear white. In this photo in particular I like the contrast of the non-transparent hand to the transparent images that are gray in the background. One is first drawn towards the hands as a sort of framework for the photo in which the grey images are enveloped. One is then guided through a sort of tunnel made by the hands into the realization of the more transparent images. This process is a very interesting way in which one can view the world.