The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic element, which comprises a support having a front and rear surface, and at least one silver halide light sensitive emulsion layer containing light sensitive silver halide grains on said front surface of the support, with the proviso that the silver halide grains are non-organic silver salts, and with the proviso that said emulsion layer does not contain a dye donating substance, wherein the silver halide grains are dispersed in or located on a carrier having a melting point of at least 100.degree. C. and which is capable of transferring and adhering developed image and non-image areas from said front surface of said support upon the application of heat energy to the rear surface of the support, said carrier strips from said front surface of the support by liquefying and releasing from said support when heated, said liquefied carrier providing adherence to a receptor element by flowing onto said receptor element and solidifying thereon, said adherence does not require an external surface adhesive layer and occurs in an area at least coextensive with the area of said silver halide grains. The present invention further relates to a method of transferring a photographic image to a receptor element.