A photograph, more primitive than those in our own world but able to be developed in multiple ways.
A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. The usual result is a negative shadow image that shows variations in tone that depends upon the transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have...
• (n.) A photograph.
shadowlike photographic image made on paper without the use of a negative or a camera. It is made by placing objects between light-sensitive paper or ... [3 related articles]
Pho'to·gram noun [ Photo- + -gram .] A photograph. [ R.]
photogram A photographic image produced without a camera, usually by placing an object on or near a piece of film or light-sensitive paper and exposing it to light.