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1989 MC-19

1989, printed c. 1991

Ray K. Metzker

(American, 1931–2014)
Culture
America
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 42.8 x 43 cm (16 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.); Paper: 60.4 x 50.5 cm (23 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2022.63
Edition
Edition 1/25
Impression
1
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

In 1985, Ray Metzker began to concentrate on the natural landscape, a new subject for him and a break from his dark, experimental, and primarily urban images.

Description

A distinctive feature of his light-filled close-up photographs of plants and trees is the deliberate positioning of the camera so that the nearest elements are rendered out of focus, blurring spatial distinctions while increasing the photograph’s overall sensation of the ambiguity of space. There is no clearly established center of interest here but instead an overall, lacy weave of leaves and branches, all demanding equal attention.

1989 MC-19

1989, printed c. 1991

Ray K. Metzker

(American, 1931–2014)
America

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