Solarisation and rayographs

1. MAN RAY
By Amie Tucker

2. About Man Ray
• Man Ray lived through two World Wars.
• He is a painter, photographer as well as film
maker.
• He was inspired by a few artists: Pablo Picasso,
Wassily Kandinsky and Marcel Duchamp.
• Man Ray was a leading figure in the Dada
movement.

3. Rayographs
Man rays rayographs were actually
first made by accident in the dark
room. These are made by placing
and manipulating objects on pieces
of photosensitive paper.

4. These are the
curve edits-
you can see to
the right side
of the screen
the different
curves

5. Solarisation
After discovering
the Rayograph,
Man Ray decided
to experiment
with a technique
called
Solarisation- this
adds a silvery,
ghostly quality to
the image.

6. man ray 1.jpg
man ray 6.psd
man ray 11.psd
man ray 3.psd
man ray 8.psd
man ray 12.psd
man ray 4.psd
man ray 10.psd
man ray 14.psd

7. • These 9 were my best solarised images, I kept
them in colour because they were more
effective that way.
• To create these images: I found the originals
on the internet and then took them to
photoshop.
• I then inverted the colours and created the
‘solarised’ look.