photogram
[ foh-tuh-gram ]
/ ˈfoʊ təˌgræm /
noun
a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
Words nearby photogram
Example sentences from the Web for photogram
No words nor paintings, not even the photogram itself, can reproduce one tithe of the grandeur here enthroned.
Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite |A.L. BancroftA method of making them was recently described by "Teinte" in The Photogram.
Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition |Walter E. Woodbury and Frank R. FraprieFor working with a brush upon the photogram, the materials are simple and few.
A Handbook of Illustration |A. Horsley Hinton
British Dictionary definitions for photogram
photogram
/ (ˈfəʊtəˌɡræm) /
noun
a picture, usually abstract, produced on a photographic material without the use of a camera, as by placing an object on the material and exposing to light
obsolete
a photograph, often of the more artistic kind rather than a mechanical record