Man Ray : Photographer

So upon my research in to famous photography, I could only find a select few that really struck my eyes. One of which is an American visual artist named Man Ray or Emmanuel Radnitzky

As a visual artist he created photography pieces that looked quiet like paintings themselves. What intrigued me the most was the resemblance of some of his work to the surrealists artist, Salvador Dali. An artist that is also one of my favorites. These men show an art that sort of disturbs the ideal of reality and in turn give a new look to their art. Below is some of Man Ray’s work as a photographer..

Noire et Blanche

Long Hair

Solarisation

Observatory Time: The Lovers

Dora Maar

Glass Tears

Tristan Tzara

As you can see, his photography is black and white. He uses double exposure as well as many other techniques to give each piece a different mood as well as cool tone and sepia filters. I particularly like “Dora Maar” and “Long Hair” for the haunted feel that is portrayed to the viewers.

None the less, Man Ray is quite the photographer and in such he has inspired many pieces that are equally as interesting.

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