lightgraffiti.nl - spray with light, Light graffiti means writing with light. We take this art literally; we really write with light. The first man, so far as we know, who practised light graffiti is Man Ray, an American photographer who spent the bulk of his career in Paris. In 1935, he did a project under the name "Space Writing", in which he created the art of light graffiti. Seventy four years later, the photographer Ellen Carey discovered the photos. Nowadays, most people are familiar with examples of light grafitti.