Man RayUSA, 1890–1976Électricité
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Man Ray is considered one of the most inventive and influential photographers of the 20th century. In addition to independent work, he took numerous photographs on commission, primarily portraits, and fashion and advertising shots. In 1931 he made a portfolio of ten photographs for the Paris electric company CPDE, propagating the use of electric appliances in the household. It is one of the most beautiful early
examples of advertising photography.
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I Man Rays liv
Hela livet1920s
A photography studio: portraits of Paris bohemia
Convinced that he cannot make a living from his art alone, Ray buys a camera and opens a studio; he creates a series of famous photographic portraits of Erik Satie, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein and Jean Cocteau.
1920s
Discovering Eugène Atget with Berenice Abbott
Together with his assistant Berenice Abbott, Ray discovers the photography of Eugène Atget, bringing it to the attention of the Surrealists and a wider public.
1929
An affair with Lee Miller and solarization
Ray begins a love affair with the Surrealist photographer Lee Miller, who is also his photographic assistant; together they reinvent the technique of solarization. Miller leaves him in 1932.
1933–1934
Méret Oppenheim poses nude
The Surrealist artist Méret Oppenheim, known for her fur-covered teacup, poses nude for a well-known series of photographs in which she stands next to a printing press.
