Untitled Possibly 1989 - 1992

Ray Metzker made this photograph, ‘Untitled’, using gelatin silver. Metzker, who came of age in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was drafted into the Korean War in 1951. But, it was during his assignment to a photographic unit in Germany that he discovered his love of the medium. His black and white photographs are well known for the way he experimented with multiple exposures. Metzker used his camera to create densely layered images, often of urban and natural landscapes. There is something deeply democratic, even utopian, about these compositions. Metzker brings a certain attention to places that might otherwise go unnoticed. By creating a multiplicity of perspectives, he implies that there is no singular vantage point. Instead, he reveals the complexity of the world, and ultimately suggests that we, too, are implicated in what we see. In Metzker's own words, his work "comes from a sense of wonder." It's an invitation to be present, to be still, and to notice the layered beauty all around us.