photograms

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Scope note
Photographs produced without a camera, usually by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light. Includes Talbot's first photographs, which he called photogenic drawings. In the early 20th century the term was sometimes used to mean all photographs.
photograms
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024