Photograms are not photography in the conventional sense of that word, but a creative use of photographic materials without using a camera. Their potential in the field of design and the graphic arts is steadily expanding. In this book the author explains in the simplest possible terms how, with very little equipment (a dark room, some photographic paper, two simple chemical solutions, and whatever you want to "photogram") and limited photographic experience, the reader can exploit the endless possibilities of the medium. Lavishly illustrated with a collection of her own delightfully conceived images, that suggest the endless potentials of the medium, this book is a basic source of reference for photogram techniques covering many aspects relating specifically to photograms not to be found in any normal photographic or graphic arts book. Apart from its obvious appeal to photographers and designers, it will be of particular interest to those with no previous experience of photo- graphy-who wish to carry out creative experiments both at home and in the schools. In his introduction Jacob Deschin, Photography Editor of The New York Times, says: "Virna Haffer's richness of ideas, ingenuity, resourcefulness and skill should be a constant source of encouragement and direction on the way to mastery of what is surely one of the most inviting ways to exercise and flex the imagination, eventually perhaps to reach a sense of artistic achievement".