Man Ray

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky) ]was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, 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 in the art world for his avant-garde photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which…

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky). Anatomies. 1929. Gelatin silver print. 8 7/8 × 6 3/4" (22.6 × 17.2 cm). Gift of James Thrall Soby. 151.1941. © 2023 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photography

This iconic surrealist image of the women with the spherical tears is by avant-garde photographer and artist Man Ray (1890-1976). It is marvellously theatrical, and surreal because it only partly …

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky). Untitled. 1930. Gelatin silver print (solarized). 11 1/2 × 8 11/16" (29.2 × 22.1 cm). Gift of James Thrall Soby. 162.1941. © 2023 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photography

The embedding of the prior video just now was a direct demonstration of absurdist humor, the latest cultural and art movement to employ elements of rejecting the traditional and embracing the strange…

After occupying the walls of the Cantini Museum in Marseille, the traveling exhibition "Man Ray et la Mode" will open this coming April at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.

Osamu Shiihara. Construction of Hand. 1932–41. Gelatin silver print. 11 7/8 × 8 7/8" (30.2 × 22.5 cm). Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther. 1859.2001. © 2023 Estate of Osamu Shiihara, care of Tomatsu Shiihara, Japan. Photography

MAN RAY (1890-1976), Dora MAAR (1907-1997), and Paul ELUARD (as 'Didier Desroches'; 1895-1952). Le Temps déborde. Paris: Cahiers d'Arts, 1947. 4° (247 x 185mm). Frontispiece and 10 illustrations after photographs by Man Ray and Dora Maar. Original printed wrappers (small chips at spine ends); in early, possibly contemporary glassine (chipped at the spine, browned); blue morocco clamshell case, unsigned but by Cambras, and blue cloth chemise.

This is not a blog...it's a visual dialogue. As an artist, I always keep an eye out for images that are interesting and inspiring to me. INNER OPTICS is a place to store and spotlight the art, photography, poetry and music I find. "Nature is not something that can be seen by the eye alone- it lies also within the soul, in pictures seen by the inner eye Edvard Munch

Ella Raines by Man Ray