Ray K. Metzker Philadelphia, 1992 11"x14" silver print edition 8
Wanderings emerged as pictures that did not fit into any previously categorized body of work. They represent discoveries that were made or visions that were revisited while Metzker was more focused on a different but singular project. Throughout his career, Ray K. Metzker has maintained a rigorous approach to photography, both in his way of seeing and his way of making pictures. Several “intentional” bodies of work have made him one of the premier photographic artists of our time: early street scenes in urban Chicago; “composites” of carefully made and constructed film strips; couplets of dual images carefully laid side-by-side, or unique photographic collage abstractions. In these and several other series, Metzker’s intense focus as to method, material, and aesthetic has resulted in compelling bodies of work unified by a consistent vision.
The sillouetted human figure becomes a part of the background as the nearly transparent leaf is lightly illuminated in the center of the frame. The leaf's crisp serrated edges are a nice contrast to the soft, granular background. The abstract quality of this photograph lends to its curiosity.
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