Man Ray. Fashion photography, unknown model 1925

Man Ray. From the serie Fashion in the Congo 1937

Man Ray. From the serie Fashion in the Congo 1937

Man Ray. From the serie Fashion in the Congo 1937

Man Ray. From the serie Fashion in the Congo 1937

Man Ray. From the serie Fashion in the Congo 1937

Man Ray. Fashion photography 1935

Man Ray. Fashion photography 1935

Man Ray. Electricity rayograph (hand with switch and cord) 1930

Man Ray. Tears 1932-1933. Advertisement for Arlette Bernard’s Cosmecil mascara

Man Ray. Tears 1932-1933. Advertisement for Arlette Bernard’s Cosmecil mascara

Man Ray. Tears 1932-1933. Advertisement for Arlette Bernard’s Cosmecil mascara

Man Ray. Non-euclidean object 1932-1933

Man Ray. Non-euclidean object 1932-1933

Man Ray. Frontispiece for the magazine Minotaure 1933

Man Ray. Essay for the album cover Man Ray photograph 1933

Man Ray. Essay for the album cover Man Ray photograph 1933

Man Ray. Essay for the album cover Man Ray photograph 1933

Man Ray. Dead leaf 1943.
Remarkable for its simplicity, this photograph of a brittle castor oil plant leaf appeared with four others by Man Ray in the October 1943 issue of Minicam Photography. In its caption, Man Ray wrote with unusually poignant intensity that he knew that “the dying leaf would completely disappear tomorrow.” One is tempted to interpret the work’s melancholy as the artist’s growing dissatisfaction with his lack of recognition and financial success in Los Angeles, and his fear that the work he had left behind in France would be destroyed during the war.

Man Ray. Untitled 1919