Ray Metzker
Ray Metzker, Mykonos, Greece, 1979
Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 15/16 x 16 7/16 in. (30.3 x 41.8 cm)
Printed on 16x20 inch paper. Signed, titled, dated with negative number and printing notations in pencil on print verso.
8193
$6,700
Illustrated: Unknown Territories: The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. MFA Houston, 1984, p. 105. The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. HFF/Nelson-Atkins, 2012, p. 196, pl. 80. Ray K. Metzker. City Lux. Ludion, 2025, p. 196.
Metzker created the images in Pictus Interruptus (1976–1981) by holding an object in front of the lense while maintaining the focus on the scene behind it. He once explained his motivation for starting this series: “I wanted change. I wanted contrast–something to resensitize the seeing process…I am looking for that unknown which in fact disturbs, is foreign in subject but hauntingly right for the picture, the workings of which seem inexplicable, at the very least, a surprise.”