This art work by Man Ray, looks soft and dreamy. The camera films are loosely twirled around a dark center and none of the pictures in the films are clear. Instead, they are ghost-like and could be seen through like gelatin. It seems as if there are sweet, sad memories behind this art work.
This other photograph by Man Ray about a woman smoking cigarrette, is taken at an angle straight above the woman's head. This angle makes it difficult to recognize the woman's face, but makes it easy to see the action that the woman is doing; smoking a cigarrette. This picture also has a dreamy look.
Man Ray's silver gelatin silver print technique, rayograph, makes me feel like I am in a trance and am going through someone's secret memories. The soft curves, the gentle lighting, the blurry images, and the angle chosen for each image, make Man Ray's work truly unique and simply beautiful.
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