I never really understood how intense and broad Man Ray's work was. He was really crazy, but not really in a bad way, just kind of in a bipolar way. His interviews and works were really proving towards his good side, but hearing about how he claimed the photo Lee Miller developed as his own, and then throwing her out of his studio just really irked me. I will admit, the biography did make him seem very stereotypical artist of his time, because of his obsession with women and complicated life story (etc etc). Most of all I found it interesting that he's mostly only known for his photography/rayograph work, but he did SO much more in his life. I guess it kind of sucks that he's known for so little, but it really is true what was said in the movie that artists never really gain recognition until they die.
Kind of depressing.
Eh, it was still a very nice insight into his life, a bit brief in some areas, but interesting nonetheless.
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