Camera-less photography today: Shadow catchers at the V&A

From photograms - photography in its most raw form - to complex chemigrams, Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography currently on show at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, (until 20 February) charts the developments and experiments of the medium through the work of five contemporary artists: Pierre Cordier, Susan Derges, Adam Fuss, Garry Fabian Miller and Floris Neusüss.

Using turning points such as Cordier's discovery of the chemigram in the 1950's and Derges images of moonlight under water (Eden 5, 2004), these international artists gradually introduce the visitor to the idea of looking at photographs as artwork, as well as seeing them as reflections of the technical and chemical developments that inspired their creation.