The term photogram comes from the combining form phōtō- (φωτω-) of Ancient Greek phôs (φῶς, "light"), and Ancient Greek suffix -gramma (-γραμμα), from grámma (γράμμα, "written character, letter, that which is drawn"), from gráphō (γράφω, "to scratch, to scrape, to graze").

Who coined the term photogram?

801-1997 Moholy-Nagy began making cameraless photographs in 1922 and coined the term 'photogram' in 1925. He and saw it as the artistic equivalent of the X-ray. In 1937, he wrote, 'The photogram which embodies the unique nature of the photographic process, is the real key to photography.

What is the purpose of a photogram?

A photogram is an image made by setting objects directly onto a light-sensitive surface and exposing it to light. This cameraless photography technique gives a sort of a photographic picture, but it displays tones in order opposite from the one seen in reality.