Man Ray

I came across the work of Man Ray while doing A Level Photography, and he has since remained one of my favourite photographers. He was in many ways a pioneer of photography, and was keen to experiment and push the boundaries of the media. He invented the process of solarisation (as seen in above photo, created by briefly exposing the image to natural light part way through the development process), and he also devised the image-making technique called photograms, which he called Rayograms. And as well as these achievements, Man Ray also created some great abstract photographs, such as those below.