personal projects: cameraless
The aim of this project is to develop a series of photographic images that do not require a conventional camera. Like all projects in photography it will be assessed using the following criteria:
AO1: Research, critical understanding and ideas AO2: Experimenting, refining and developing AO3: Documenting imaginatively and reflecting AO4: Creating personal and meaningful outcomes and evaluating them |
You already have experience of making cyanotypes and photograms/Rayographs. However, there are other techniques and processes that create photographic outcomes where a conventional camera is not needed.
the history of camera-less photography
The first photographs ever made were created without the use of a camera. This slideshow explores the camera-less image from its discovery in the 1850s to the present day. Drawing together unique examples from the V&A collection this display showcases the work of the key figures in the history of photography, including Anna Atkins, Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy. |
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some examples...
I really like this picture because you can see it as many different things, I can see a little lake and some tress, to me it looks like it was during the war or after the war and all the damage it has made to nature. I also really like the fact that you can see the reflection of the trees or plants onto the water I think that this is what makes it quite realistic. |
I think that this picture on the right is quite interesting because there's loads of different shaped jellyfish and they have different shades of grey/white. I quite like the one if the middle because it's very simple and hasn't got anything in the inside unlike all the others which do have something inside of them. |