Tag: Lee Miller

  • Tailflower (Solarization), Montevideo, 1943

    Tailflower (Solarization), Montevideo, 1943

    A solarisation is an image recorded on a negative or on a photographic print which is wholly or partially reversed in tone so that dark areas then appear as light or light areas as dark. This effect is achieved by a brief exposure to bright light during development. Around 1930 the technique was rediscovered and…

  • Untitled photogram

    Untitled photogram

    A photogram is an image produced without a camera, whereby three-dimensional objects are placed on photosensitive paper and exposed to light. The result is a highly differentiated shadow picture.