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
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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.
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.
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.
Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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.
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
I have never painted a recent picture.
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
I photograph what I do not wish to paint, and I paint what I do not wish to photograph