Norman Sarachek
Norman Sharachek is an artist and photographer that inspired part of my dark room segment, he also experimented with light painting and chemicals in order to create abstract images. I applied his method of folding the photo paper before placing it in the chemical bath which was used in this set to achieve a similar result.
The first medium I tried was a mix of chemigrams and photograms both of which took place in the dark room. I experimented with putting the chemicals on in an alternative order with my finger as well as a paint brush which is evident in some of my final products. I then exposed this to light for varied amounts of time on different areas of the paper before repeating, for some of the images I also added an object before exposing the paper - as you would with a usual photogram although not all of them came out as successfully as the image with the lightbulb, I assume this may have been because I lowered the light significantly so it was far more intense and closer to the object hence the darker rectangle around it.
As well as following Sharachek's example I also decided to fold and crumple tape before placing it on the light sensitive paper- before and after exposing it to light to achieve various results, this came out well in some cases but blocky in others as the chemicals failed to reach under the tape.
As well as following Sharachek's example I also decided to fold and crumple tape before placing it on the light sensitive paper- before and after exposing it to light to achieve various results, this came out well in some cases but blocky in others as the chemicals failed to reach under the tape.
I found that my favourite outcome from the dark room was this image with a lightbulb that appeared as if there were many layers, I decided to play on this in photoshop by adding various adjustment layers (first picture) to enhance the difference in layers, I also overlaid two of my previous chemigrams to see how else i could manipulate the image. I altered the blend modes and opacity then erased the hard edges to further create a layered effect.
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