Photographer Study: Man Ray My next photographer study pays
tribute to an artist whose photography reminds me of a Picasso
or Dali painting, and whose career was just as influential to
the world of art: Man Ray Man Ray is known for his significant
contribution to Dada and Surrealist movements, having been
described as a modernist. The sophisticated artist also played a
strong role in encouraging an art revolution. Born Emmanuel
Radnitzky, Man Ray’s nickname was a combination of “Manny” (as
his family used to call him) and the desire to overcome ethnic
discrimination and anti-Semitism reactions of that time by
changing his surname. He became known as Man Ray and soon became
a brand. Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Brooklyn, he moved
to Paris and became a part of the cultural elite. Although he is
most known for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray considered
himself a painter more that anything else. He also explored many
other art forms – painting, poetry, filmmaking, philosophy and
essay writing. He refer