William Wegman. Polaroids - William Wegman
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For more than 25 years, artist William Wegman (b.1943) has been making brilliant and inventive photographs with the 20x24"Polaroid camera. In 1979, when Polaroid invited him to try out this enormous camera, Wegman began a series of photographs featuring his dog Man Ray. After Man Ray died in 1982, Wegman continued his exploration with the dog Fay Ray and an expanding univers of her progeny. Throughout the years, Wegman has maintained an extraordinary level of creativity, capturing his versatile subjects in a seemingly limitless variety of poses and guises. nNow published as a reduced-format paberback, William Wegman Polaroids gathers together the best of this work with an insightful essay by the artist exploring his experiences with the camera and his exceptional models.
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Man Ray, William Wegman's first Weimaraner, became a central figure in Wegman's photographs and videotapes, known in the art world and beyond for his endearing deadpan presence. In 1978, Wegman was invited by Polaroid Corporation to try out its mammoth 20 x 24" camera, and he began a series of photographs featuring Man Ray that were published in Abrams' Man's Best Friend. In 1986 a new dog, Fay Ray, came into Wegman's life and soon thereafter another famous collaboration began. After Man Ray died in 1982, W...
