Photography w/o a Camera

gone · Jul 23, 2022

There's some heavy hitters mentioned in the article below, especially Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. One of his abstract prints makes me think of Edward Weston, and Christian Marclay has some amazing large cyanotypes.

A lot of this is great stuff, who knew that the camera was optional?

https://magazine.artland.com/cameraless-photography/

Donald Qualls · Jul 25, 2022

momus said:
who knew that the camera was optional?

William Henry Fox Talbot invented the kalotype (aka Talbotype) starting from a method to make really accurate drawings of flowers and leaves -- because he was not very good with a pencil, as was socially expected in early Victorian times. His method: photograms (he called it "shadow drawing" at first).

BradS · Jul 25, 2022

A donut without a hole...isn't a donut.

Sirius Glass · Jul 25, 2022

BradS said:
A donut without a hole...isn't a donut.

How about a jelly filled donut?

BradS · Jul 25, 2022

Sirius Glass said:
How about a jelly filled donut?

Perhaps it is a misnomer?
Certainly, it is a derivative, an innovation....
possibly, and understandably, it might be rejected by some as being truly a donut.

Alas, adjectives are important! and necessary.

VinceInMT · Jul 25, 2022

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy is one of my favorites. In 2017 I flew out to LA to see his show at LACMA. It was great:

https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/moholy-nagy-future-present

nmp · Jul 25, 2022

As long as a photon is used to create the image in some shape or form, it is a photograph. If a camera was mandatory, it would have been called a camerograph.

Photography w/o a Camera

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