Photogram & Cyanotype: Camera-less Photography and a Blue That Stays With You
Join Maria Elena Bonet’s author-led workshop devoted to two exceptional 19th-century photographic techniques. You will explore their history and key artistic examples, then create your own cyanotype photogram and take the finished print home.
Photography can be a kind of alchemy—especially when it happens without a camera. In the workshop “Photogram & Cyanotype” we will dive into two historical processes born in the 19th century that continue to inspire contemporary artists today.
A photogram is an image created without a camera. Working with this technique helps you understand the chemical foundations of photography while developing sensitivity to composition, visual harmony and design thinking. By directly capturing the shapes of objects or the shadows they cast, you can create works with a strong, often abstract character. Each print is unique—this process produces a single, one-of-a-kind copy.
Cyanotype is one of the most beautiful hand-printing photographic methods, instantly recognisable for its intense Prussian blue tone. More and more photographers and artists return to manual processes as tools for exploring reality—works created this way often become metaphysical reflections on the world and on transformation itself.
This workshop invites you into a creative process in which participants become active co-creators of the image at every stage. We will also work with plant materials and natural forms, opening a dialogue with nature as a source of inspiration.
Practical information
Date & time: 22 February, 11:00 AM
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Instructor: Maria Elena Bonet
Age: 13+
Materials: all materials and necessary equipment provided
What to bring: an apron or spare clothing is recommended
About the instructor
Maria Elena Bonet is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice combines analogue photography, video, sculpture, poetry and sound. Since 2010 she has worked with historical photographic processes (including cyanotype), exploring themes of transition, transformation and personal freedom. Her work has been shown internationally, and she has developed major projects across Europe, including in Poland.
Tickets / registration: https://forms.gle/i7kSE6QEviiM1KaH7
Zadanie jest realizowane w ramach projektu "Historie 360°. 30 lat otwarcia Willi Decjusza” realizowanego dzięki programowi Krajowy Plan Odbudowy dla Kultury.
A photogram is an image created without a camera. Working with this technique helps you understand the chemical foundations of photography while developing sensitivity to composition, visual harmony and design thinking. By directly capturing the shapes of objects or the shadows they cast, you can create works with a strong, often abstract character. Each print is unique—this process produces a single, one-of-a-kind copy.
Cyanotype is one of the most beautiful hand-printing photographic methods, instantly recognisable for its intense Prussian blue tone. More and more photographers and artists return to manual processes as tools for exploring reality—works created this way often become metaphysical reflections on the world and on transformation itself.
This workshop invites you into a creative process in which participants become active co-creators of the image at every stage. We will also work with plant materials and natural forms, opening a dialogue with nature as a source of inspiration.
Practical information
Date & time: 22 February, 11:00 AM
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Instructor: Maria Elena Bonet
Age: 13+
Materials: all materials and necessary equipment provided
What to bring: an apron or spare clothing is recommended
About the instructor
Maria Elena Bonet is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice combines analogue photography, video, sculpture, poetry and sound. Since 2010 she has worked with historical photographic processes (including cyanotype), exploring themes of transition, transformation and personal freedom. Her work has been shown internationally, and she has developed major projects across Europe, including in Poland.
Tickets / registration: https://forms.gle/i7kSE6QEviiM1KaH7
Zadanie jest realizowane w ramach projektu "Historie 360°. 30 lat otwarcia Willi Decjusza” realizowanego dzięki programowi Krajowy Plan Odbudowy dla Kultury.