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The Chemigram by Odile Bernard Schröder

France
2012
fr
en
14'

Direction: Thomas Goupille

One day in 1995, photographer Odile Bernard Schröder decided to leave her camera in the cupboard and instead devote herself exclusively to her research, exploring the vast world of alternative photographic processes. Using various techniques, she multiplies her experiments with light... Part one of a three-part encounter, this film sees her tackle the chemigram, a technique invented by Pierre Cordier in 1956, which uses both painting and photographic materials to create its images.

The Chemigram by Odile Bernard Schröder

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Synopsis

One day in 1995, photographer Odile Bernard Schröder decided to leave her camera in the cupboard and instead devote herself exclusively to her research, exploring the vast world of alternative photographic processes. Using various techniques, she multiplies her experiments with light... Part one of a three-part encounter, this film sees her tackle the chemigram, a technique invented by Pierre Cordier in 1956, which uses both painting and photographic materials to create its images.

What you will find in this film

A technique adopted by an artist • The basics of the chemigram • Camera-less photography • A use of photo chemistry • Experiments with light

Keywords

Historic processes Women photographers Alternative processes The chemigram

Movement determines the choice of tools for my interventions.

Odile Bernard Schröder

Film chapters

summary 00:00 Take One

summary 08:25 Take Two

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The authors/artists

Odile Bernard Schröder

Thomas Goupille

Further exploration

LE CHIMIGRAMME : THE CHEMIGRAM - Artist & author : Pierre Cordier ; Ed. Racine Lannoo ; Bilingual édition ; 2019

PIERRE CORDIER - CHIMIGRAMMES 1979 - Artist & author : Pierre Cordier ; Ed. BNF ; 2002

CHIMIGRAMME - PIERRE CORDIER - Artist & author : Pierre Cordier ; Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique ; 1988

Pierre Cordier’s website

The Chemigram - Alternative Photography Article

How to Make Chemigrams - Photography Project Article