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photogram
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photogram [′fōd·ə‚gram]
(graphic arts)
A design or pattern produced on regular photographic paper without the use of a negative or a lens system; opaque or transparent objects are assembled on the paper, and the paper is exposed to light and processed in the usual way.


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The Complex Nature of Simple Things" was an intriguing room complete with a Man Ray rayograph, Hollis Frampton's 16 Studies of Vegetable Locomotion and Orit Raff's bizarre views of freezers and toilets.
and ivory-makes the lack of even one set of color reproductions feel miserly, though since the catalogue is mostly reproductions of photographs, solarizations, and Rayographs originally in black and white, not much is lost.
In subsequent pieces, the artist's use of the rayograph pushes photography closer to geometric abstraction since it transforms the background into a dark monotony while the whiteness of each object abandons detailed representation for something more general.
 
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