First, photographers who want to shoot dreams.
Man ray once said: "It is better to shoot an idea than to shoot something;" It is better to shoot an idea than to shoot a dream. " I think this sentence can be used to describe his photography art.
Angel's violin
Manley created countless classics in his life. The most famous work is The Angel's Violin, which was written by 1924 with his lover Gigi. He is Manley's mature surrealist works. However, some people think that this kind of photography will make people feel uncomfortable and it objectifies women. Anyway, maybe he was the first photographer who shocked the world.
Born in America, Manley is the most famous photographer in the 20th century. In addition, he has made great achievements in painting, sculpture, film and other fields. After contacting Dali, Miro and others, he brought surrealism into the art of photography, so he was also considered as the first person in modern photography.
Second, the resume of genius.
Manley started photography as a new art on 19 15. Before that, he was an American abstract painter. At that time, he had frequent contact with European masters.
He and female photographer Lee Miller were developing photos in a darkroom and came across the wonderful artistic conception of half-way exposure. The bold and avant-garde style of these photos excited them, which coincided with the spirit of Dadaism at that time. This special style is called "X-ray photograph" by later generations.
He was also the earliest installation photographer, which may be related to Duchamp's influence. Manley's creative activities are never opportunistic. In order to get some images, he and his team will make unique mechanical devices.
192 1 year, Manley left new york and came to Paris, which opened the most legendary period in his life. He began to take photography as his main business, and his most important portrait series was launched in Paris. He and Paris supermodel Gigi de Mon panas developed into a lover relationship when they met for the second time. Gigi is a socialite in Paris's upper-class social circle, and she herself comes from the bottom, but it is such a girl that inspired Manley's brilliant ten-year creation. Man ray and Gigi collaborated to create many world-famous photographs. It can be said that their works have reached the point where everyone in the photography circle knows.
After 1929, his love with Gigi came to an end. At that time, Manley had begun to pursue surrealist photographer lee miller crazily. The series of "light and shadow photos" was born in this period. Li Miller was his second muse, which gave him the same great creative inspiration and motivation.
Since then, Manley has become a hot photographer in Paris, going in and out of various social places in the upper class of Paris. Many people around him were masters of art or literature in the 20th century, when Picasso, Hemingway and Joyce all hung out here.
During World War II, Manley returned to America. Finally returned to haunted Paris and died there 1976. For Manley, Woody Allen's dream Paris is his home.
Third, the shocking circle of friends.
/kloc-one day in 0/922, the poet cork invited man ray to take a photo of Proust, the master of literature and the author of "Remembering Things Past". What Manley didn't know, however, was that the great writer had been ill for a day and he wanted to take a photo. From then on, Manley started his career as a professional portrait photographer in addition to photography.
Proust's portrait
If you look at Manley's circle of friends, you may be surprised at your chin. Let's take a look at this list: Picasso and his lover Dora Maar, Dadaism pioneer Duchamp, Dadaism painter Dali and his wife Gallas, photographer lee miller (Manley's lover), Parisian supermodel Gigi (Manley's lover), great writer Hemingway, Irish writer Joyce, architect le corbusier, abstract Expressionism painting master Joan Miró, sculptor Brancusi, designer Mill Oppenheimer, designer Chanel, Painter Frida Kahlo, painter and sculptor giacometti ... Manley may have been in contact with Fugita of the Parisian School of Painting, or they are rivals in love, because they all had a love affair with Gigi. It can be said that in the upper class of Paris, Mary's name is a household name.