Post by The Museum of Modern Art

Today is International Kissing Day! 💋 We’re celebrating with a romantic photogram by Man Ray. To create this image, the artist exposed the paper to light at least three times. Each time, Ray used different objects as a kind of stencil: a pair of hands, a pair of heads kissing, and two darkroom trays, which seem almost to kiss each other too. With each exposure, the paper darkened where it was not masked, creating this dynamic image of a kiss. See more artworks by Man Ray on view now in our fifth-floor galleries. — Man Ray. “Rayograph.” 1922. Gift of James Thrall Soby. © 2026 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.