Man Ray

  Man Ray has been well known for his work in photograms, or as he calls them “rayographs.” Photograms are a form of a photograph that is made by objects being placed on photosensitive paper, in which the items are traced on the paper due to the light. This form of photography has been pioneered by Man Ray during the surrealism and dada times in photography. Man Ray’s work throughout the surrealist and dada movements entitles the weirdness and unreal factors of art by altering photographs to add that surrealistic factor.

        A lot of Man Ray’s creative work with photograms is unique to him of the way he can maneuver objects to form beautiful pieces of work. As the photogram shown below, it demonstrates Man Ray’s creative eye with objects while also being able to maneuver them to show some items much lighter (less exposed to light) than others. His work was revolutionary, and to be able to show art in this way indicates how genius he was with photograms or throughout his other photographic work.

Man Ray, Untitled, rayograph, 1946, Phillips, New York, NY, USA

        I would say that Man Ray is the embodiment of surrealism and dada because his work reminds me of imagination and represents the sort of unknown dreams we have when sleeping. This sort of work, specifically through photograms, is so unique because I never expect that such work and artistic components can be illustrated with just a piece of paper and a couple of items. It is really a creative form of art and May Ray has shown that anything can be artistic and enjoyable to see. 

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