Man Ray’s practice is organized around experiment rather than medium. Through photography, objects, and film, he developed procedures that displaced representation in favor of operation. Techniques such as rayographs removed the camera entirely, allowing light and material contact to register form directly. The work emphasizes process, chance, and controlled disruption over depiction. Across his practice, Man Ray used experiment as structure, positioning the image as the result of an action rather than an illustration.
Man Ray was an American artist known for experimental photography and objects that challenged representation through process.
