Musée Magazine No. 3

Musée Magazine What inspired the name, chemigram, and were there other name options you had in mind early on ?

The chemigram combines the physics of painting (varnish, wax, oil) with the chemistry of photography (light sensitive emulsion, developer, fixer), without use of camera, enlarger, and in broad daylight. I chose the word “chemigram” because I wasn’t using a camera. Yet since the physical phenomena were so important I might have said “physicochemigram”. But the more economical “chemigram” is in universal use today.