Man Ray :)

   Man Ray was an American artist, born as Emmanuel Radnitzky in August 1890. He spanned: sculpture, film, poetry, prints, commercial and fine art, and later became a sought-after fashion photographer (inter-war years) but first and foremost remained an abstract painter. As his life progressed he began to work in styles influenced by: Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism which, in turn, persuaded him that an idea that motivated a work of art was more important than that work of art itself.
   “Rayographs” was a term initially used to refer to his negative photograms which I attempted to reproduce in my first photography lesson (also described on my blog).