More Man Ray

Here's another example of Man Ray's work that i found where he seems to have used a fairly similar technique as i'm planning. He's produced this photogram by solarizing the film to give a negative effect. As i'm using digital images i made the photo look like a negative on photograph but in the end they'll look like they've been through the same process.

Man Ray

Probably one of the best known photogram photographers was is Man Ray so i decided that i really should take a look into his work and see what knowledge and inspiration i can gain from it. My first impression when looking at his work is that his pieces range from being very basic and obvious to complex and thought provoking as to how he created these shapes. A lot of his photograms also look like they've been created around the features of a face but i can't find anything to back this theory. What i've learned from Man Ray is that photograms don't need to have an obvious meaning but can just look very simplistic allowing the viewers to read into them. Here are a few of my favourite pieces of Man Ray's work. My reason for them being my favourites are his uses of shapes.

Trial Photographs

I started taking photographs of my surroundings as i went places focussing on nature. I then cropped and edited them to make them ready to be transferred onto acetate. I wasn't sure if it was best for them to be in negative form or simply in black and white with full contrast so i edited each photograph twice ready for some experimenting. Here are a few examples of my edited work-