Picasso Stares, Dali Gets Creepy in Man Ray Portraits

It was impossible to be a Dadaist in New York, Man Ray believed, because the city itself was the epitome of manic, anarchic Dada.

So on July 14, 1921, he set sail for France and took the photographs that form the heart of the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery “May Ray Portraits.” For many, these encapsulate the seductive spirit of Paris between the wars.