Man Ray (August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976), born Emmanuel Radnitzky, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all. He was also a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. He is noted for his photograms, which he renamed "rayographs" after himself. While appreciation for Man Ray's work beyond his fashion and portrait photography was slow in coming during his lifetime, especially in his native United States, his reputation has grown steadily in the decades since. Antonin Artaud, Paris, 1926 Genica Athanasiou aka Eugénie Tanase, Paris, 1921 Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), Paris, 1930 Constantin Brancusi, Paris, circa 1930 André Breton, Paris, circa 1928 Alexander Calder, Paris, 1931 Salvador Dalí, Paris, circa 1929 Bernard Deshoulieres, Paris, circa 1929 Émile Dubuffet aka Lilie Carlu, Paris, circa 1932 Marcel Duchamp, Paris, 1921 Nusch Éluard, Paris, circa 1935 Benjamin Fondane, Paris, circa 1928 Madge Garland, Paris, circa 1927 Jacqueline Goddard, Paris, circa 1930 Ernest Hemingway, Paris, 1923 Edward James, Paris, 1937 Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Paris, circa 1927 Georges Malkine, Paris, circa 1929 Lee Miller, Paris, circa 1929 Joan Miró, Paris, circa 1928 Bronislava Nijinska, Paris, circa 1922 Ezra Pound, Paris, 1923 William Seabrook and Lee Miller, Paris, circa 1930 Joseph Stella and Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1920 Helen Tamiris (Helen Becker), Paris, circa1930 Denise Tual, Paris, circa 1935 Karin van Leyden (Karin Elisabeth Kluth) Paris, circa 1929 Nancy Cunard, Paris, circa 1925 Henry Crowder, Paris, 1930 (Arms by Nancy Cunard) (All photographs by Man Ray, via MONDOBLOGO)