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Man Ray

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born
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
December 13, 1901

died
November 18, 1976

gender
male

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genre
Arts & Photography


About this author

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky), was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all. He was also a renowned fashion and portrait photographer.

While appreciation for Man Ray’s work beyond his fashion and portrait photography was slow in coming during his lifetime, especially in his native United States, his reputation has grown steadily in the decades since.

In 1999, ARTnews magazine named him one of the 25 mo...more


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Man Ray's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 490 ratings · 42 reviews · 48 distinct works · Similar authors
Self Portrait
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions
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Photographs by Man Ray: 105...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions
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Man Ray
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Man Ray
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions
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Man Ray, 1890-1976
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995
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Man Ray's Celebrity Photos
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996
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Man Ray
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1988
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Man Ray: Retrospective 1912...
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La Photographie N'est Pas L...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009
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Man Ray: Serie Menor
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995
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Quotes by Man Ray

“I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society.”
― Man Ray
tags: contradiction, expression, liberty
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“It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.”
― Man Ray
tags: determination, dreams
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“An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.”
― Man Ray
tags: art, dada
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