Ray Johnson, Shadow and Manhole, Spring 1992

A Wednesday pick-me-up… The late Neo-Dada artist Ray Johnson is best known for his multimedia collages and pioneering mail art, but he was also an avid photographer—as evidenced by the recent discovery of more than 5,000 colour photographs that he kept squirrelled away in his Long Island house. In a new feature for Elephant, Rebecca Bengal takes a deep dive into these typically imaginative and mysterious works, considering what they might reveal about their notoriously enigmatic creator. Discover more here.