Rayograph
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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