While trying to develop his photographs in the dark room, Ray accidentally discovered a technique called 'shadowgraph' or 'photogram', a process also known as camera-less photography using …

Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a renowned representative of avant-garde photography in the 20th century and is considered as the …

Unlike Symbolism masterpiece The Kiss Painting created by Gustav Klimt, Man Ray's Kiss is made by photogram. A photogram is a picture made on photographic paper without the aid of …

This picture is found in every catalogue, every exhibition of Man Ray's work. In addition to La Priere, Vioion d'lngres, Les Larmes, and a series of more-or-less experimental portraits of …

Many describe Le Violon d'Ingres as a visual pun, depicting his muse, Kiki, as Ray's 'violon d'Ingres.' This image is one of many of Man Ray's photographs that have gone on to have a …

Throughout his life, Man Ray, who started out as a painter and became famous for his Surrealist photographs of fashion, art, women and objects, affected a lazy, devil-may-care attitude.

Once again, as he had done so often in his photographs, making him the darling of the Surrealist writers, Man Ray set out to reinvent the female anatomy, in much the same manner as one of …

The photograph is actually a cropped version of the original, in which it is clear that Man Ray carefully set up the frame of the shot he wanted to produce. Yet the photograph maintains an …

- Man Ray A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.” - Man Ray Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious …

Inspired by a tightrope act he had seen in a vaudeville show, Man Ray cut pieces of colored paper into shapes corresponding to the dancer's acrobatic movements.