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Ray Metzker Biography

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According to available information, Ray Metzker (1931 - October 9, 2014) was an author. Specific biographical details and major works require further verification.

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“I don't need exotic places to be stimulated. Out of familiarity comes nuance. The more you revisit a subject the more you're like to discover.”

Needs Subjects Familiarity Exotic Nuance Exotic Places

Author:Ray Metzker

“I never wanted to make portraits - to photograph celebrities, beautiful people, beautiful landscapes, beautiful buildings, or people in distressing situations.... I have always been interested in everyman - average, ordinary people in everyday situations.”

People Wanted Beautiful Situation Building Ordinary Everyday Photograph Average Landscape Portraits Ordinary People Beautiful People Distressing Everyman Beautiful Landscapes

Author:Ray Metzker

“What appears in the pictures was the subject's decision, not mine. I took what they presented - delicate moments - unadorned and unglamorous, yet tender and exquisite.”

Moments Decision Subjects Mines Delicate Exquisite

Author:Ray Metzker

“I am not an objective reporter. I prefer to go further, to the unstated things of our existence. What I can't understand and grasp seems to lead me.”

I Can Seems Existence Objectives Reporters Leading Me

Author:Ray Metzker

“The collection of photographs is a statement about the relationship of my camera and me.”

Cameras Photograph Statements Collections

Author:Ray Metzker

“A lot of my work is about is about events, but I also think a lot of my work is about fragmentation.... You have to break something down in order to have the parts synthesize.”

Thinking Order Break Events Fragmentation

Author:Ray Metzker

“Why one picture stands out among many others is always a mystery. In the beginning the subject is never quite known, but in the course of working something shows up on the film or in the print that speaks to me. I can never predict when this will happen. However, when it does there is an excitement - there is the ecstasy of recognition. And this is one of the things that keeps me going.”

Doe I Can Shows Happens Film Courses Speak Known Mystery Subjects Recognition Excitement Print Ecstasy Standing Out Never Quit

Author:Ray Metzker

“Photographers are victims of paradox, tracking the impermanent to make it permanent.”

Victim Photographer Permanent Paradox Tracking

Author:Ray Metzker

About the Author

Born: 1931
Died: October 9, 2014
Known for: Author
Quotes: 8

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