man ray

     

This U.S. born dadaist invented the technique for abstract photographs he called "ray-o-graphs"

Trivia about man ray

  • This American-born Dadaist was known for his "cameraless" pictures, which he called rayographs
  • Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, this U.S. photographer made nude portraits of Kiki de Montparnasse in the 1920s
  • Unable to sell his paintings in Paris, this surrealist returned to photography, including the image seen here
  • This celebrated American photographer exhibited at the first Surrealist exhibition of 1925
  • Emmanuel Radnitzky was the original name of this photographer who had a major role in Dadaism & Surrealism
  • Seen here is a work by this pioneering American avant-garde artist