ARE YOU MAN RAY IN DISGUISE?

I found this vintage photograph in the fantastic Filmisfine camera shop in Bridport, Dorset.

 

Dating to the 1930s, I love the bold, sparse white background, and how the person is set low in the frame.

For some reason it reminded me of MAN RAY, the surrealist photographer and painter, and of the incredible abstract and surreal photography of the 30s.

I then decided to convert this pic into a surreal collage, as a dedication to the innovative photographers of that era, with a hint of the rayograph effect that was a speciality of Man Ray ...