The American photographer has been capturing his Weimaraners for 30 years
first photographed Man Ray in the 1970s. For these photographs, however, it was not the storied Surrealist artist that Wegman captured on plinths, at the kitchen table and in various articles of clothing, but rather his Weimaraner, who he had named after Man Ray. A recognisable character in Wegman’s playful photographs and video art, the dog Man Ray became a beloved character on the contemporary art scene.
Wegman, struck by how his grey coat looked on the black and white film, decided to make more footage with Man Ray centre stage; comedic short black and white films followed, and then the famed still photographs of the hound. This is, after all, a dog that would go on to be described, by, thus: “Man Ray... has one of the most intelligent, alert, and handsome faces in the history of photography.
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