(Aperture Masters of Photography, No.8). Dubbed "the poet of the darkroom" by Jean Cocteau, Man Ray's tireless experimentation with technique led him to employ solarization, grain enlargement, mixed media, and cameraless prints produced images emphasizing chance effects, disjunctions, and surprises, all embraced by surreal and dada notions of nature and fantasy. Brief chronology, select biblio. B&W photos. 95p.
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(Aperture Masters of Photography, No.8). Dubbed "the poet of the darkroom" by Jean Cocteau, Man Ray's tireless experimentation with technique led him to employ solarization, grain enlargement, mixed media, and cameraless prints produced images emphasizing chance effects, disjunctions, and surprises, all embraced by surreal and dada notions of nature and fantasy. Brief chronology, select biblio. B&W photos. 95p.