Dada Photography

Dada is an important thread within the history of photography. It can be understood as an avant-garde movement born in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. This movement page brings together photographers, eras, and related contexts so readers can see how the approach developed, where it circulated, and which artists help define its historical position.

Basic facts
MovementDada
Photographers1

Overview

An avant-garde movement born in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. Out of disillusionment with World War I, it sought to dismantle the authority of reason, progress, the nation, and art, while introducing photomontage to photography.

Photographers

🇺🇸 🇫🇷US / FR1890–1976
Man Ray
Surrealist Photography
DadaSurrealism+1

For Emmanuel Radnitzky, later known as Man Ray, the decisive turn toward photography came after the 1913 Armory Show and his growing friendship with Marcel Duchamp.

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