“An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.”  -Man Ray was an American visual photographer that was born on the 27th of august 1890 in Philadelphia ,US and died on the 18th of November in 1976. His images are mainly portrait however uses different techniques to make it pencil drawn . Furthermore he uses double exposure for example 'Les Larmes' demonstrated his interest in cinematic narrative. The woman's eyes and mascara-coated eyelashes are facing upwards evoking the viewers to wonder why she is looking in that way and what is the source of her distress. Overall I would say that Man Ray is a very abstract artist and relies on his imagination to create such captivating images. Man Ray had later went on to develop a career as  mainly a fashion photographer; he had become really successful and worked with a fashion photographer in Paris. Furthermore he would assemble different objects to create which really interested others.

His experiments with photography consisted of rediscovering ''cameraless'' pictures which he called ''rayographs''. During his fashion and portrait photography career and made a virtual photographic record of celebrities in Parisian culture during the 1920's and 1930's. He significantly contributed to the Dada and Surrealist movements; this was artistic, intellectual and literary movements of the early century. Dada was anti-aesthetic , anti-rational and anti-idealistic. As a whole Man ray , also known as Emmanuel-Radnitszky, has a given me a broader perspective of photography from his concept and his techniques he experiments with to create such enthralling images. His innovative work can be found on display in museums around the world as he is remembered for his artistic wit and originality. His friend Marcel Duchamp , once said," It was his achievement to treat the camera as he treated the paint brush, as a mere instrument at the service of the mind."

Man Ray mainly uses black and white on his images to represent the 80's and 90's however it also gives it an elegant and vintage theme. Every single one of his images is really different which is really interesting and helpful as viewers would not rather a set of images that are competitive. Man Ray has really inspired me to do a photoshoot in the style of his work because when I begin editing I can experiment with a range of techniques to make it vivid and captivating; at a portrait angle and do some zoomed in to make it different. This photographer is really similiar to Tatiana Parcero, as she expressed her heritage and background through black and white images of her body such as her face , her hands etc. This links to Man Ray because he also uses his hands and body which makes them have a similiar concept. “I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That is the one way I have of asserting my liberty, the real liberty one does not find as a member of society.”