Recently I’ve been pondering what to do with an unopened box of Ilford black & white photographic paper, as sadly I no longer have access to a chemical darkroom or enlarger.  But then a recent Photojojo article fortuitously reminded me of the joys of making photograms!

Have you heard of photograms? (That’s a very basic example above, and below – two of the very first I ever made.)

above images ⓒ SWS

More importantly, did you know you can easily make funky images at home with a simple do-it-yourself darkroom? If no, read on! (If yes, why not go ahead and read on anyway?!)

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