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Man Ray

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born

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

died

November 18, 1976

gender

male

website

http://www.manray-photo.com/

genre

Arts & Photography

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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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Books by Man Ray

Average rating: 3.94 · 306 ratings · 26 reviews · 46 distinct works

	Self Portrait by Man Ray, Merry A. Foresta 3.93 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Photographs by Man Ray: 105 Works, 1920-1934 by Man Ray, Man 4.30 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	My rating:
	In Focus: Man Ray: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum by Man Ray, Weston Naef (Editor), J. Paul Getty Museum 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Man Ray by Aperture, Jed Perl 4.10 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Man Ray's Celebrity Photos 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Man Ray, 1890-1976 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Autoritratto 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1981	My rating:
	Man Ray: Retrospective 1912-1976 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	La Photographie N'est Pas L'art: 12 Photographies 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Man Ray: Serie Menor 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	My rating:

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Quotes by Man Ray

“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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“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