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For Electricity [Pour Electricite].
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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- 1930
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- a848a464-be3a-42bd-85ac-3d791f4155e4
In the same year that he completed the portfolio *Electricité* commissioned by the Paris electric company CPDE, Man Ray photographed the Eiffel Tower at night, illuminated by Fernand Jacopozzi's lighting design. The photograph nearly makes the viewer believe that this artificial firmament is a real heavenly scene. Shooting stars on decorous trajectories define the recognizable shape, but otherwise Man Ray transformed the celebrated monument into a delicately graphic image. He used this image as the basis for *La Ville*, a multiple exposure that was included in the *Electricité* portfolio.
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