“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”
Man Ray
By Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, 1920
By Man Ray
By Man Ray/Marcel Duchamp, 1920
Man Ray, ‘Objet Mathématique’
Gilles Gerbaud and Raphaël Chipault, ‘Mexico, la cauchemar du géomètre’
Vera Röhm, ‘Masada avec ombre’
Aki Lumi, ‘Architectural nature n°9’
(*at Espace Topographie de L’art, Paris)
By Man Ray, 1935
By Man Ray, 1929
“I was very fortunate in starting my career as a painter. When first confronted with a camera, I was very much intimidated. So I decided to investigate. But I maintained the approach of a painter to such a degree that I have been accused of trying to make a photograph look like a painting. I did not have to try, it just turned out that way because of my background and my training. Many years ago I had conceived the idea of making a painting look like a photograph! There was a valid reason for this. I wished to distract the attention from any manual dexterity, so that the basic idea stood out. Of course there will always be those who look at words with a magnifying glass and try to see ‘how’, instead of using their brains and figure out ‘why’.”
Man Ray
By Man Ray, 1936
Photo by Man Ray
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