Also known as the father of chemigrams, Cordier was born on the 28th of January 1933 in Brussels, Belgium, later to become a renowned camera-less photographer. Discovering chemigrams at the age of 23 in 1956, he would go on to become an almost mad scientist experimenting with what chemicals and photographic paper could do. On November 10, 1956, writing a dedication with nail polish on photographic paper to a young German woman named Erika, Cordier discovered what he later called the chemigram, he noticed later on that by applying photographic developer to the paper he could create dark areas and user fixer for lighter areas. More changes can be made to pattern and shape by applying products such as varnish, wax, glue and syrup.
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Evaluation of my chemigrams We did two different groups of chemigrams, the first being in a normal room where they were constantly being exposed until placed in the stop, the second however being in a dark room, only being exposed when a torch or enlarger was used. Though both were made by placing chemicals onto photo paper and developing them from there. The first batch was harder to begin with in the fact of discovering how much time you should leave the photo paper out until you place it in the developer. But once I was able to find a process that worked I found it to be more successful then the chemigrams in the dark room. I found the most successful chemical to place on the photo paper to be hair wax, and by mixing that with other substances such as cologne and saliva I was able to create strange patterns and vibrant colours. Where as in the dark room, though I didn't need to experiment as much, I wasn't as pleased with the results. I was able to create some interesting patterns but I didn't like the levels of contrast or overall look of the chemigrams, |