The documentary "Man Ray: Prophet of the Avante Garde" puts into perspective truly how far an unwavering focus and the occasional serendipity can lead a human life. He took himself and his work rather seriously, but when questioned from outsiders looking in Man Ray, ingeniously, was able to convey through his work a varied spectrum of emotions. I think his genius lay in the fact that he could make fun of himself as well as the world he found himself prescribed to. Like any life, no matter how successful, I found it comforting to see that even Man Ray thought he had fallen short of the reputation he felt he deserved in his life time.
His extraordinary photos and objects are immediately brought to mind when I think of Man Ray. The fact that his first love was with painting, yet it brought him the least notoriety, brings him down to a much more human level in my eyes. Uncompromising in the face of culture yet ever malleable to his vision, Man Ray perpetuated an extremely beautiful version of what it is to live life your way which is an occurrence all too rare in today's society.
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