Rayograph

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A photogram of the kind produced by Man Ray.

    "Man Ray developed a similar procedure for photography — montage and suggested the working of the unconscious mind by dropping objects randomly onto a light-sensitive surface in his rayograph process."

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"Man Ray developed a similar procedure for photography — montage and suggested the working of the unconscious mind by dropping objects randomly onto a light-sensitive surface in his rayograph process."

Etymology

From Ray + -o- + -graph, coined by Man Ray (1890–1976), American modernist artist, based on his own name.

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