William Henry Fox Talbot created what is known as the photogram. Although his process was far too complicated for me to even begin to comprehend, I made a few today using light sensitive paper. The simple way of doing it was to place objects on the paper and expose it to light. When the blue paper turned almost white, I took it back inside and placed in a tub of water for a few minutes. After the paper dried, the background turned a dark blue, and where the objects were became white silhouetted images.
For the first, I used a few twigs and some leafs that I found outside.
For the second, I used a swirl pattern sticker of sorts and leaves.
And for the third, I used mesh ribbon, a bird sticker, and a button.
Though they didn't turn out perfect, I'm pretty impressed by the concept of a photogram.
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