On Man Ray’s Violin D’Ingres

Part I of Essay
Man Ray’s Violin D’Ingres is a perfect example of a modernist photograph. Man Ray pushes both how photography is perceived and what is possible within a photograph in this example. Man Ray himself was an American, born as Emmanuel Rudnitsky, but moved to Paris and engaged ....

Part II of Essay
.... time this photograph was taken explains much about why it was taken. The period between the world wars was arguably the most prolific period in photography’s history in terms of quantity produced and variety. Modernism in Europe was busy tackling new subject matter and expressing itself in every way possible. Images were manipulated in ways foretelling of much of photography’s future, including what is so possible digitally. However, the most important thing is perhaps that this movement was embodied by the belief that expressing yourself ....