·Born 1943, Holyoke, Massachusetts
·Education
－1965 B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art,
－Boston 1967 M.F.A., University of Illinois,
Urbana
Man Ray, William Wegman's Dog
(1970-1982)
注释：
1．on one's own： 可以表示“独自，靠自己的力量”, 例如：Can
you finish on your own? 你能独立完成吗？它表示“独自一人，没有管束”，I am on my own now. 就是“我一个人生活。”
Man ray
The first photographs and
videotapes which I made of Man Ray show him doing his normal everyday
dog things: eating and drinking, sleeping, wanting to go out, wanting
to come in, chewing stuff, retrieving pocketbooks, a microphone,
and other normal everyday studio art supplies. I began to invent games for him, holding him back and
then letting him go into the picture/camera frame. On his own[1] he began to sit still and watch me
watching him through the camera, his gaze zooming into the lens.
We worked every day. I kept thinking up[2] new
things for him to do. I didn't think much about him after a while.
He was just there, ready for anything. By the time he was six months, I could easily put him
into any pose I could think of (basically: sit, stand, lie down).
He had an uncanny sense of where the video camera and
microphone were. Posing became second nature to him, patiently watching
as I constructed the set, set up lights, tinkered with the equipment...mused.
When Man Ray was two we moved to New York dividing
out time[3] between a lower Manhattan loft on Crosby St. and
an East Hampton Long Island factory building which a friend had
loaned me. I had a hard time adjusting to[4] the city although
Man Ray did just fine. He loved garbage. Crosby St. was well supplied
in l972. In East Hampton we did some of our best work together.
Videos like spelling lesson and photos like Before/On/After: Permutations where Man Ray appears to know more than
he should. This is the beginning of my teasing anthropormorphisms
which stand out[5] from this period.
2．think up： 表示“想出，编造”，比如：He thought up a good answer. 下文中还有一个与这个词组意思相近的词组：think
of , 它可以作“想出，想起”讲，如：Can you think of his name? 还能当“想，打算”：What are you
thinking of doing? 你打算做什么？
3．divide something (up/out)：表示“分开，分割”。看例句：
We divided out the money equally. 我们将钱均分了。divide 还可以是“除”的意思，比如：If you
divide 30 by 6, the answer is 5. 如果你用6除30，答案为 5。
4．adjust oneself /sth. to：表示“调整，使适应”，成年后，也许每个人都碰到了一段艰难的调整阶段，We
have to adjust ourselves to new conditions.
5．stand out： 在坐着的人群中，站出一个人，这个人肯定会很引人注目。英语中的词组stand
out ，用这个方法很形象地表达了“杰出，显著”的意思，比如：Does your work stand out from that of others?
你的工作比别人突出吗？
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