Emmanuel Radnitsky was born in Philadelphia in 1890. The son of poor Russian immigrants, he spent part of his childhood in Philadelphia and then moved with his family to Brooklyn at the age of seven. After Emmanuel's graduation from high school in 1911, his parents changed the family's surname from Radnitsky to Ray. Emmanuel followed suit shortly thereafter, changing his first name to Man. Man Ray showed artistic tendencies from an early age. After graduating high school …showed first 75 words of 549 total…

…showed last 75 words of 549 total…known and highly desirable in the fashion photography world. The Nazi invasion of France forced Man Ray to return to the United States in 1940. He moved to Hollywood, California where he met his second wife, Juliet Browner, a model and dancer. During this time, he once again began to focus on painting. In 1951 Man Ray and Juliet returned to Paris where Man Ray continued to work creating paintings, photographs and objects until his death in 1976.