Rayographs
A photographic term coined by Man Ray and his friends for pictures made by placing directly on photographic paper (i.e. photograms).
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A photogram, similar to those made by Man Ray, of a number of photography-related objects ...
1921: Man Ray begins making photograms ("rayographs") by placing objects on photographic paper and exposing the shadow cast by a distant light bulb; Eugegrave;ne Atget, aged 64, assigned to photograph the brothels of Paris ...
 See also: Photograph, Ground, Camera, Printing, Print
  
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