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PHOTOGRAPHERS
Man ray
Painter, Photographer,
Filmmaker (1890–1976)
Man ray was primarily known for his
photography, which spanned both the
dada and surrealism movements.
Synopsis
In 1915, man ray met french artist marcel
duchamp, and together they collaborated
on many inventions and formed the
new york group of dada artists. In
1921, ray moved to paris and became
associated with the parisian dada and
surrealist circles of artists and writers. His
experiments with photography included
rediscovering how to make "camera-less"
pictures, which he called rayographs.
Early career
Born emmanuel rudnitzky, visionary artist
man ray was the son of jewish immigrants
from russia. His father worked as a tailor.
The family moved to brooklyn when ray
was a young child. From an early year,
ray showed great artistic ability. After
finishing high school in 1908, he followed
his passion for art; he studied drawing
with robert henri at the ferrer center, and
frequented alfred stieglitz›s gallery 291.
It later became apparent that ray
had been influenced by stieglitz›s
photographs. He utilized a similar style,
snapping images that provided an
unvarnished look at the subject.
Ray also found inspiration at the armory
show of 1913, which featured the works
of pablo picasso, wassily kandinsky and
marcel duchamp. That same year, he
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