"The photo is a written page, a painting, a cry, a song, it is a form of expression, but it is not a device."
Man Ray, born Emmanuel Rudnitsky, is one of the greatest Dadaist and Surrealist artists. He revolutionized world photography. For Man Ray, the medium of photography was from its inception much more than a simple technical tool - there he discovered an artistic and eclectic means of expression. Man Ray's portraits are almost exclusively female models. Adopting a surrealist outlook, the artist regularly draws attention to specific parts of the female body, which he breaks up and reassembles. Man Ray's gaze facilitates the enhancement of his female models through careful aesthetic choices. Women who pose for the photographer are offered a prominent role as subjects of the artwork they bring to life.