Artist research.

·       Photograms

·       Pinhole

·       Scanners

 Photogram:

Ethan Jantzer

Ethan Jantzer first started his photogram career whilst experimenting in a photo lab. He liked to experiment with raw film and lights. Anything that he thought was interesting he experimented with such as fish, twine and grass. To get the colour on his photos he used liquids like Gatorade and Windex.

He says his work is unique yet he still keeps on trying to make it better.

Ethan Jantzer grew up in a creative family. His mum was an artist and encouraged him to be creative. He never believed his hobby would lead him to where he is now.

Quote by Ethan Jantzer- "The way a photogram is produced is best understood when you think of it as a sunburn on film. If you were to lay in the sun with a leaf on your back, at the end of the day you would have sunburn in the shape of that leaf. I essentially do the same thing using large sheets of photographic film or paper.”

 

Floris Neusüss

Floris Neususs born in Germany in 1937, along side his work as an artist he dedicated his whole career to the teaching and study of photograms.

His work is usually created in opposites such as black and white, shadow and light, movemnent and stillness, presence and absense. His images are thought to represent themes of mythology, history, nature and the subconscious.

"Neusüss's art often acknowledges that the making of each unique photogram is a kind of performance. In this installation piece, a chair stands on a sheet of photographic paper that retains the shadow of a person now absent from the seat. The playful title becomes increasingly poignant as each year passes."
-http://www.vam.ac.uk/
László moholy-nagy 

László moholy-nagy was American, born Hungary 1895-1946
László moholy-nagy created this image of his hand without a camera. He did this by placing his hand, a paintbrush and other items on a piece of photographic paper and exposing it to light.








Pinhole:

Barbara Ess
Barbara Ess is known most for her Dark ominous photography that is often made with a pinhole camera. She is a American photographer she attended the London School of Film Technique and the University of Michigan. She is widely known for her pinhole photography, her photography are usually one earthy colour. They are shown in many exhibitions across the world. Her photos are usually left unfinished and are very vague.
They show a range of emotions such as helplessness and anxiety made by a pinhole.
Ess has said, "In a way I try to photograph what can not be photographed."

Jon Grepstad
Jon Grepstad was born in Skien, Norway.
For a few years Grepstad was a high school teacher, then in 1972-73 he was a chairperson and general secretary of the Norweigen chapter chapters of War Resisters' International.
In the late 1980s Jon focused his work on photography, his main interests was pinhole photography and landscapes. He is well recognised for his online article on pinhole photography including history, images, cameras and formulas. It was first published in 1996 it has now been published into Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Polish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Grepstad