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Thomas Bachler
(Germany)[1961] b. Detmold, l. Dresden

large ouevre of conceptual b/w shadowgraphs, 1984-2003. Hightlights are shadowgraph series and shadowgraphs taken from moving objects. omasbachler.de


Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand
(France)[1945] b. Paris, l. Strasbourg

Rayogramme des araignée, 1988, b/w spider shadowgraphs www.baudoin-lebon.com

Anneaux d'eau, b/w positive photogram of a hand creating rings in the water, 1999. Text by Sophie Bellé www.plumart.com


Geraldo de  Barros
(Brazil)[1923–1998] b. Xavantes/SP, d. São Paulo

"Sobras", prints from collages of cut negatives, 1996 www.geraldodebarros.com


Thomas Barrow
(USA)[1938] born in Kansas City, Missouri, l. Albuquerque

"Disjunctions 2" (1981) from the spray paint series is mainly spraied bad also seems to have aspects of a shadowgraph collections.eastman.org

B/w cliché verre of magazine pages from 1967 collections.eastman.org

"Discrete Multivariate Analysis", 1981, two b/w photograms with automotive lacquers and epoxy enamel am.nmartmuseum.org

Readymade, spray painted shadowograph, 1978 istoricaldesign.com


Heike Bartels
(Germany)[] b. Köln, l. New York

Untitled (Mandala), 1997, b/w-luminogram evoqued by mirro reflection www.carleton.edu


Massimo Barzagli
(Italy)[1960] b. Marradi, l. Prato

MAI HOME, large photgrams on c-print paper, 2005 www.mutualart.com


Hippolyte Bayard
(France)[1801–1887] b. Breteuil-sur-Noye, d. Nemours

"Dessins photographiques sur Papier. Recueil No. 2." [The "Bayard Album"], including cyanotypes and salted papers with contact prints of plants, tissues and feathers,1839-1867 www.getty.edu


Herbert Bayer
(USA)[1900–1985] born in Haag/A - Montecito, USA

Contact #31, b/w stencil photogram, 21,5 x 18 cm, 1935 www.jmcfaber.at


Henri Becquerel
(France)[1852–1908] b. Paris, d. Le Croisic

autoradiograms published 1903 in the Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences de l'Institut de France www.academie-sciences.fr


Sergio Belinchón
(Spain)[1971] b. Valencia, l. Berlin

Shadows, 2004, short video of the shadows of walking people in the street www.sergiobelinchon.com


Bruno di Bello
(Italy)[1938–2019] b. Torre del Greco (Napoli), l. Milano

Scritturar di Luce, drawing with light pen on photographic canvas, 1976 www.fondazionemarconi.org

Selfportrait with Dafne, partially developed (brush), blue toned b/w body shadowgraph, 1985 www.exibart.com


Paola di Bello
(Italy)[1961] b. Naples, l. Milan

Lucciole, firely luminograms on b/w paper, 1988-91 www.paoladibello.com


David Berg
(USA)[1956] b. Berkeley, California

Negative Painting, 1998 and Double Negatives, 2000 www.carleton.edu


Walead Beshty
(UK)[1976] b. London, l. Los Angeles

"Multi-Sided Picture Works", colour luminogram series made with folded c-print paper, 2006-2012 www.actionstakenunderthefictitiousnamewaleadbeshtystudiosinc.com

diary of 12.000 cyanotypes on a 90m long wall, 2014 www.theguardian.com

"Fold (60°/120°/180°/240°/300°/360° directional light sources)", folded paper, 2008 irshhorn.tumblr.com

untitled, folded cyanotype, 2009 www.outer-borough.com

"Picture Made by Hand with the Assistance of Light", crumbled b/w paper, 2006 www.artbasel.com


Jayne Hinds Bidaut
(USA)[1965] New York

Tadarida Brasiliensis, tintype shadowgraph of a Mexican Freetail Bat skelekton, 1999, 14 x 11" www.newmexicoculture.org


Pat Binder
(Argentina)[1960] b. Buenos Aires, l. Berlin

objects with X-ray plates, 1984-1987 universes.art


Marietta Blau
(Austria)[1894–1970] b. Wien, d. Lainz

nuclear "star" caused by cosmic rays, pdf facsimile of "Sterne der Zertrümmerung", 1937, p.21. www.pluslucis.org

"nuclear photograms" on nuclear emulsion plates discovered 1937 on the Hafelekar near Innsbruck (together with Hertha Wambacher) ysik.uibk.ac.at


Norbert Andreas Bleyer
(Germany)[1969] Freiburg i.Brsg./D

b/w body photograms and luminograms, 1982-2002 www.macrocosmic.de


Maria Blondeel
(Belgium)[1963] b. Halle, l. Ghent

Various works and installations based often on blueprint photograms (1987-2000). E.g. a slide installation with image-densities translated into sound waves. www.mariablondeel.org


Erika Blumenfeld
(USA)[1971] b. New Jersey, l. Santa Fe

Light Graph: Winter Solstice, 4*5 inch colour Polaroid luminograms, 2000 creative-capital.org

"Light leaks" & "Light rercordings", based on film and polaroid exposed to day- and moonlight, 1999-2005 erikablumenfeld.com


Monika von Boch
(Germany)[1915–1993] Mettlach

Knüppelbild & Moos/Sporenträger, b/w shadowgraphs, 1958 and later institut-aktuelle-kunst.de


Gweneth  Boelens
(Netherlands)[1980] b. Soest, l. Amsterdam

Liars cloth, shadowgraph of textiles on c-print paper, 2015 listart.mit.edu


Christian Boltanski
(France)[1944] Paris

trailer about the work "Theatre d'Ombres", 1985/1990 www.youtube.com

"Les Ombres, les bougies" (1997), candle light shadow installation fracauvergne.fr


Lou  Bonin (Tchimoukoff)
(France)[1878–1963] b. Avignon, d. Vichy

b/w photocalques used as patterns for wall paper printing (Brepols), 1928 www.jmcfaber.at


Juliana Borinski
(France)[1979] b. Rio de Janeiro/ BR, l. Paris

"Surfaces of Plateau", b/w shadowgraphs of wire structures, 2011, more recent shadowgraphs on colour paper julianaborinski.com


Stan Brakhage
(USA)[1933–2003] b. Kansas City, d. Victoria/ British Columbia

"Motlight", 1963, motion picture made by clich�e verre of butterflies and plants on clear 16 mm celluloid, 4 min www.fredcamper.com


Daniel Tobias Braun
(Germany)[1975] b. Pforzheim, l. Karlsruhe

"Sprung" and "Raketogramme": large photograms on colour negative paper by jumping in the water or burning rockets (2003/2006) www.daniel-t-braun.com


Théodore Brauner
(Romania)[1914–2000] b. Vienna, d. Paris

"Solarfixes", chemigrams on b/w paper, ca. 1950 www.ubugallery.com


Kilian Breier
(Germany)[1931–2011] b. Saarbrücken-Ensheim, d. Hamburg

Knicke, b/w luminogram, 1960-65 www.photography-now.com

raster photogram 1958/99 fotofluss.nikt.https:

b/w shadowgraph of torn strings, 1950's www.aestiftung.de

Oxydation chemigram, 1985 www.fotogeschichte.info

Ohne Titel (Permutationstafel), combinatoric picture consisting of 4 luminograms, 1969 janischfineart.com

Gräser, b/w shadowgraph of the grass frooting bodies, 1957 www.sammlung-spallart.at


Josef Breitenbach
(Germany)[1896–1984] b. Munich, d. New York

Fireworks, b/w shadowgraph, 1949 curiator.com


Marco Breuer
(Germany)[1966] b. Landshut, l. New York

brûlages 1999/2000 www.cliffordsmithgallery.com

Untitled (Coal & Cloath), burned silver gelatin paper, 1996 radicalart.info

b/w photogram from A/Z SERIES: SPIT, NAILS, SHAVINGS, JACKS, BITES, WONDER BREAD, 1995-96 www.photoarts.com


Adam  Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin
(South Africa)[1970] b. Johannesburg, l. London

"the day", 'embedded' luminograms made with a roll of c-print paper in Summer 2008 in Afghanistan www.broombergchanarin.com


Christopher Bucklow
(UK)[1957] b. in Manchester/ l. in Frome

"Guests", autoportraits series in his B.'s known technique www.chrisbucklow.com


Jerry Burchfield
(USA)[1947–2009] b. Chicago/IL, l. Laguna Beach, California

Second Degree Still Life #7, ilfochrome photogram, 95.9 x 69.2 cm, 1981 (combined photogram and photography of the same objects) collections.eastman.org

ilfochrome shadowgraphs of human body, textiles, books etc., 1972-1997 web.archive.org

Second-Degree Still Life #54 (Light a Candle for Poland), shadowgraph combined with print on ilfochrome, 1983, 96 × 70.7 cm www.artic.edu