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He nicknamed the results of his experiments “rayographs,” a combination of his name and the word “photograph.” This rayograph toys with the role of film in photography—instead of developing the film to create a photo in the traditional manner, Man Ray unspooled the roll across the light-sensitive paper to create a spiraling form.
Man Ray claimed to have invented the photogram—which he called a “rayograph”—not long after he emigrated from New York to Paris in 1921. Although, in fact, the practice had existed since the earliest days of photography, he was justified in the artistic sense, for in his hands the photogram was not a mechanical copy but an unpredictable pictorial adventure.
Rayograph. A term invented by Man Ray, in which he merged his name with the word “photograph” to describe his particular approach to the technique of making photograms. As old as photography itself, photograms are photographic prints made by placing objects and other elements on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light, without the use ...
The last 25 years of his life were spent there creating paintings, photographs, films and sculptures. He died at the age of 86 on November 18, 1976, leaving behind a legacy of revolutionary avant-garde artworks that changed the face of photography forever. Man Ray, Untitled Rayograph, 1922.
Rayograph was Man Ray's name for photogram, a type of photograph made without a camera or a lens. To make photograms, objects are placed onto light-sensitive paper and then exposed to light. The light areas of the print are where objects have rested on the paper and stopped light exposing the paper.
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky). Rayograph. 1922. Gelatin silver print. 9 3/8 × 7" (23.8 × 17.8 cm). Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund. 255.1935. © 2024 Man Ray Trust ...
NARRATOR:A ‘Rayograph’, was Man Ray’s term for his own style of ‘camera-less’ photography.By placing objects directly onto light-sensitive paper and exposing it, he was able to create ghostly, near-abstract images. Here, he has used a strip of 35 mm movie film.
