Ray K. Metzker: Landscapes

by Evan H. Turner

Amazing black and white images from a master of the lens. This accompanied a major exhibition of his work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the year 2000.

Genres: Photography

149 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2000

Reviews

[Brian Rosser · Rating 4 out of 5]

American photographer Ray K. Metzker who is known mostly for his experimental B&W cityscapes and his large assemblages of strips of film throughout his 50 years of work turns his camera to landscapes. I picked this book up unaware of his work with landscapes. At first some images appear shot "at whim" almost but upon further viewing the abstract "form" of his photographic "reality" becomes apparent. Well worth viewing.

[Huw Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book - with great accompanying text by Evan Turner. Many plates explaining Metzker's shift into landscape photography. The plates in the book are well printed but nothing like as dramatic as manually printed exhibition prints, so although understanding Metzker's direction only can only guess at how much better the exhibition prints would have been.