I have recently been looking at the work of Man Ray and Surrealism in photography. I have been reading Gerry Badger's book The Genius of Photography which covers the history of photography. I am finding this a good an enlightening read.
This book has opened my eyes to image manipulation and I feel that this is something I am warming to. A year ago I didn't view manipulation as positively. I suppose once you begin to understand something in greater detail you start to appreciate it more.
I won't go into too much detail about Man Ray in this post as I am going to the National Portrait exhibition shortly and I will cover him in more detail in that post. However, I do find the whole idea of illustrating the imagination - the dream world interesting.
The Man Ray exhibition runs from today to 27 May. The BBC has a piece on their news website today which gives a very brief overview.
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