La photographie n'est pas l'art: 12 photographies (Photography is Not Art: 12 Photographs)
- Medium
- Twelve unbound reproductions of photographs in a double wrapper of blue printed with the title, and black with a window cut to frame the title; accompanied by a mounted gelatin silver print on loose cardstock with a handwritten dedication
- Dimensions
- H.: 25 cm (9 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- book
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
photographyphotomechanical processavant-gardegelatin silver printprint (reproduction)photographic processesphotographic printphotomechanical processesphotograph20th Centurybook
About
This collaboration between photographer Man Ray and poet André Breton demonstrates the ironic tone of many Surrealist works. Wryly titled “Photography is not art,” the book combines text and photography to create a dreamlike flow of contradictions and unexpected pairings. Breton’s introduction lists a series of fantastical hopes and wishes, and Man Ray’s photographs swing between the mundane (a portrait of actress Myriam Hopkins titled with her name) to the strange (a skyscraper captioned “utility air vent”).
