Susan Derges camera less photography

Susan Derges

Derges is a English photographer and was born in London in 1955 while she was living in London she studied painting she studied this at Chelsea school of art, after this she moved to japan and lived there for 6 years, she then returned to London in 1986. Derges is a camera less photographer and her work show the patterns of sound waves and the flow of rivers. In the 1990s Susan came well known for the photograms she done of water, the way she done this was using the moonlight on the river and large sheets of photographic paper, she also used a flash light for exposure. A lot of Derges work Is made during the night using the natural world as her dark room, Derges work appears in museums including Hara art Museum.  Susan done work taking pictures of the moon she combined these with water and branch patterns exposed to sound vibrations in the dark room.  

This is a photogram by Derges, in this photogram is shows leaves of different sizes on water. In this photogram you can see clearly the ripples on the water. This photogram gives relaxing vibes and also has a calming mood, the main colours in this photogram is blue, light blue and a darker shade od blue where the leaves cover the water. Alot of Derges images are taken showing silhouettes and she used the night sky as her own darkroom, she will not be sure how the photogram will come out for example the light from the villages and towns near by and the tempreture of the water the photogram is made in.  The thing that stands out most to me in this photogram is the ripples in the water because they are so detailed and make a unique pattern.