Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills
Ray K. Metzker — City Stills

Ray K. Metzker — City Stills

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"Ray K. Metzker's stunning streetscapes are captured in this celebration of the photographer's work. These black-and-white photographs, taken over a quarter century and presented here by visual themes, show Metzker pushing the technical boundaries of photography into an undefined formal realm well beyond the expected. Photographs demonstrate Metzker's command of light and shade: four figures wait pensively at a bus stop, as though caged in glass, staring boldly into a wedge of bright light; a lone woman stands outside a train station, engulfed in an ominous stripe of inky shadow, with only the white of her necklace and a folded newspaper as talismans to ward off the darkness. Whether the photographs capture people waiting to take action, or people already in motion, Metzker's technique estranges them from the lockstep rhythm of mundane activity, and makes them stand still - just for a moment. The result is a series of photographs that demands a reinterpretation of the city and its inhabitants."

CONDITION & NOTES Very Good - Near Fine / Dust jacket has some light shelf wear. Hardcover has one small bump along the top edge. Interior has mild edge discolouration.
AUTHOR Ray K. Metzker
TITLE City Stills
TYPE Hardcover
PUBLICATION YEAR 1999
EDITION First
LANGUAGE English
PUBLISHER Prestel
DIMENSIONS (APPROX.) 30.5 x 25 cm
STOCK ID BOO 595 U