Thursday, May 1, 2008 – Hollywood Goes On

Man Ray (1890-1976, born Emmanuel Radnitzky) spent most of his career in Paris, a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, even if his ties to each were rather informal.  He's best known for his avant-garde photography, as in this.  He died in Paris on November 18, 1976, and was buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse. His epitaph reads "unconcerned, but not indifferent." 

From 1940 until 1951 he lived here in Hollywood.

From Man Ray: American Artist by Neil Baldwin – "Settling in at the Lido Hotel on Yucca at Wilcox in Hollywood, he began to feel more relaxed and resigned to the open-endedness of his stay."

Hollywood is like that.  There's a character called "Man Ray" in SpongeBob SquarePants. 

If you wish to use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me. And should you choose to download any of these images and use them invoking the "fair use" provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, please provide credit, and, on the web, a link back this site.

Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Alan M. Pavlik