Man Ray

Born

August 27, 1890

Died

November 18, 1976 (aged 86)

Known as

film director, photographer, cinematographer, screenwriter, painter, film editor

Man Ray was an American-born, French-naturalized visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was a photography innovator as well as a fashion and portrait photographer, and is noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.

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