Man Ray Eyes Tears . After photographing the eyes of the model lydia and framing them in different ways, man ray, still with the dada spirit, decided to put glass tears on his face.arlette bernard, director of beauty institutes in paris, took advantage of photography, using it as an advertisement for her new mascara that allowed madame "to cry at the cinema, cry at the theater, laugh to tears without fear of. Looking almost like a film still, this cropped photograph demonstrates man ray's interest in cinematic narrative. Man ray, tears, 1932 (click image to view larger) by cropping the face so close and emphasizing the eyes looking upward, surrealist artist, man ray, makes us think about who this is, where she is looking, and why she is crying. 84.xm.230.2 judging from his inclusion of this image in other photographic compositions, man ray must have considered tears one of his most successful photographs. Looking almost like a film still, this cropped photograph demonstrates m...
