Editing Man Ray (section)

==Accolades==
In 1974, Man Ray received the [[Royal Photographic Society]]'s Progress Medal and Honorary Fellowship "in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/progress-medal|title=Progress Medal|date=1974|website=Royal Photographic Society|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310114310/http://www.rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/progress-medal|archive-date=March 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1999, ''[[ARTnews]]'' magazine named Man Ray one of the 25 most influential artists of the 20th century. The publication cited his groundbreaking photography, "his explorations of film, painting, sculpture, [[collage]], [[assemblage (art)|assemblage]] and prototypes of what would eventually be called [[performance art]] and [[conceptual art]]." ''ARTnews'' further stated that "Man Ray offered artists in all media an example of a creative intelligence that, in its 'pursuit of pleasure and liberty', unlocked every door it came to and walked freely where it would."<ref name=artnews>Coleman, A. D. "Willful Provocateur"; ''ARTnews'', May 1999.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Man Ray: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum| year= 1998| publisher= Christopher Hudson |location=Los Angeles| isbn= 0-89236-511-0 |page= 14| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STxK1ukbOOcC&q=man+ray+guiding+principles&pg=PA14 |first= Man | last= Ray|edition=2nd|editor=Weston Naef|access-date=April 24, 2012|chapter-format=Print book|chapter=Plates}}</ref>