7/28/10 Salvador Dali's name was used on a popular TV show. Warehouse 13 is the #1 show on the SyFy Channel. Last nights episode was about a photographer who (fiction) knew Man Ray and possesed the camera Man Ray used in his work. (Surreal photography)
Man Ray camera
In the show, the main female character Myka is the victim of a man who used Man Ray's camera to steal her youth and give it to a wealthy old woman, leaving Myka a bed ridden senior citizen. The camera had the ability to transfer youth and age between two women. Man Ray used female models in many of his works, so it is fitting that the TV show used runway models as a part of the story line.
Myka from Warehouse 13
Dali & Man Ray
During the show, the name Salvador Dali was mentioned because Dali and Man Ray knew each other and it was clear that Man Ray was the Dali of the photography world.
I won't be surprised if the story line for a future episode of Warehouse 13 is about a Dali paintbrush that can create a surreal world. If the writers have not thought of that yet, they are welcome to use the idea
