Man Ray started as an abstract painter in America during 1910 until he then moved to paris in 1920. During the 1940s when he crossed the Atlantic again spending periods in New York and Hollywood where he successfully navigated the worlds of commercial and fine art, and came to be a fashion photographer.
His photography as often operated between art and life. his work normally never had a life outside of the photograph it was like documenting. His work was influenced by Marcel Duchamp, Man Rays work was very important for popularizing surrealism.
This is one of Man Rays early (rayograms) during 1922 called ‘The kiss’.
Rayograms gave him the opportunity to be in direct contact with his work and react to his creations emmediatly by adding one layer upon the next.
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