Man Ray & Laszlo Maholy Nagy

Man Ray - 

Emmanuel Rudnitzky or Man Ray, was born July 20, 1895 and died in 1946. Ray was a Hungarian painter and photographer who spent a lot of his time in Paris as he moved there in 1921. Ray contributed to movements such as Surrealism and Dada, along with Avant-garde. A famous piece from this time was the "Violin d'Ingres." 

This was a photograph of his lover 'Kiki' that he modified to make                her body look similar to a violin. 

Photograms - 

Man Ray is best known for his breakthrough work in Photograms, and his development of them. He started this by exposing photographic paper to a bare lightbulb, shadows appeared from the objects around, so he decided to expose the image three more times to get the final outcome of an abstract style print with two head and hand shapes overlaying one another. 

Man Ray continued to do experiments like these, leading to the creation of the 'Rayograph' in the 20th century. The artwork in this collection were made by using everyday objects and turning them into abstract, surreal images. 

 I like Man Ray's artwork as it shows his experimentation throughout piece, i also think that it is inspiring as he is able to create artist prints just using simple objects and manipulating light. 

Laszlo Maholy Nagy -
Laszlo Maholy Nagy was an Austrian artist born in 1895. He was heavily influenced by constructivism, which is an artistic moment