Man Ray (1890-1976)
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| Self-Portrait with Camera (1931) |
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| Self-Portrait with Gun (1932) |
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| Self-Portrait in Turban (1948) |
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Self-Portrait in the Studio 31 bis, rue Campagne Première (1933) |
Man Ray was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He shaped his elusive identity in the many self-portraits he made. He once described himself as an artist who “so deforms the subject as almost to hide the identity of the original and creates a new form.” By experimenting with techniques such as cropping, multiple exposures, and the camera-less rayograph, Man Ray demonstrated how mutable the representation of any person, object, or artistic medium can be. In one of his significant works, he uses solarization, which involves exposing the film to bright light during the development process (normally done in a pitch-black “dark” room) to reverse some of the highlights and shadows. Also, in many of his other self-portraits, Man Ray assumes various roles, creating alter-egos and embracing a stereotypical artist persona in a beret, scarf, and cloak. He projects an earnestness and seriousness, with his business-like apparel and demeanor, suggesting the confidence with which he approached his art. Man Ray showed himself in profile in one of his self-portraits, intently adjusting the focal range on his view camera as if for a portrait session. He directs the camera in the photograph at the audience, while the camera taking his picture remains invisible. Man Ray solarized the print, using a process indelibly associated with him. He was best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer.
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