Man Ray moved from New York Dada to Paris in 1921 and became one of the most inventive image-makers associated with Surrealism. Portrait photography supported his practice, but rayographs, solarization, films and transformed everyday objects continually challenged the idea of the photograph as straightforward record.
Photography; painting; film; object; rayograph; drawing
Artist Films
“Crimes against photography”: Man Ray and the “rayograph”
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Major Works
- 1921The Gift
- 1922Rayograph
- 1923Object to Be Destroyed
- 1924Le Violon d’Ingres
- 1926Noire et Blanche
- 1933Érotique voilée
- 1932Glass Tears
- 1936Observatory Time – The Lovers
- 1958Indestructible Object
- 1945Juliet
Interviews & Writing
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