Man Ray
Man Ray
Man Raywas an American visual artist who spent most of his career in France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Man Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth27 August 1890
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
I paint when I cannot photograph.
Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
Cher Tzara. Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.
An original is a creation motivated by desire.