photogram
noun
pho·to·gram
ˈfō-tə-ˌgram 
: a photographic image made by placing objects between light-sensitive paper and a light source
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Although other artists also made photograms – most notably Laszlo Moholy-Nagy – Man Ray’s conceptual motivations were wholly original.
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Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Dec. 2025
Hand Drawing, Hand Picture, 2023, is a photogram of a drawing made through carbon paper, contemplating time, fossilization, and species extinction.
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Dionne Lee,
Artforum,
2 Nov. 2025
For the exhibition, Poindexter collected native kelp/seaweed from the waters near Avalon and created life-size cyanotype photograms printed on flowing silk panels, then layered an underwater soundscape recorded on her dives.
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Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.
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Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Painted on photograms and dialogue-free, Toccafondo’s latest film plays as a fairy tale about a voice more soft and seductive than any that had come before.
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Ben Croll,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Dec. 2025
Hand Drawing, Hand Picture, 2023, is a photogram of a drawing made through carbon paper, contemplating time, fossilization, and species extinction.
—
Dionne Lee,
Artforum,
2 Nov. 2025
For the exhibition, Poindexter collected native kelp/seaweed from the waters near Avalon and created life-size cyanotype photograms printed on flowing silk panels, then layered an underwater soundscape recorded on her dives.
—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.
—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Painted on photograms and dialogue-free, Toccafondo’s latest film plays as a fairy tale about a voice more soft and seductive than any that had come before.
—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Photogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photogram. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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