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Self-Portrait in Graham Hollywood Car
Creator
Man RayAmerican Photographer · 1890–1976
All works by this person →Born in Philadelphia, Emmanuel Radnitsky grew up in New Jersey and became a commercial artist in New York in the 1910s. He began to sign his name *Man Ray* in 1912, although his family did not change its surname to *Ray* until the 1920s. He initially taught himself photography in order to reproduce his own works of art, which included paintings and mixed media. In 1921 he moved to Paris and set up
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- 1941
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
>I decided to get a car. It should be a new one?I did some window shopping. Then I saw my car, discreetly advertised. It was a low, closed body, four seater, completely streamlined without any excess chrome trimmings, the finish, metallic blue, the interior blue, my favorite color. I could see myself in it with my bright blue tweed jacket livening up the color. Thus Man Ray described his decision to succumb and purchase a car in Los Angeles. He did one better than visualize himself behind the wheel of his brand new Graham "Hollywood Supercharger"--he photographed himself there. The angle of incline optimistically suggests that he not only had places to go but the vehicle in which to arrive.
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