
Ray K. Metzker
American Artist · 1931–2014
100 works on LinkedCulture
Ray K. Metzker's work is at once richly varied in approach and rigorously unified in creative sensibility, revealing his simultaneous interests in the reality of the world and the inventive potential of the photographic process. Born in Milwaukee, WI, in 1931, Metzker graduated with a B.A. in art from Beloit College in 1953 and three years later enrolled in the Master's program at Chicago's Bauhau
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1105 - Window
Getty Museum · 1965
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57 BH-2
Getty Museum · 1957
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63 BS-38
Getty Museum · 1963
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63 CI-1
Getty Museum · 1963
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63 JX-43
Getty Museum · 1963
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63 MC-30
Getty Museum · 1963
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64 EH-2
Getty Museum · 1964
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64 FD-1
Getty Museum · 1964
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67 DW
Getty Museum · 1967
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67 DY
Getty Museum · 1967
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72 M-22
Getty Museum · 1972
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79 EF-42
Getty Museum · negative 1979; print 1980
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82 IT-21
Getty Museum · 1982
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Albuquerque
Getty Museum · negative 1972; print about 1972
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Albuquerque, New Mexico (71 AX-4)
Getty Museum · negative 1971; print 1982
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Atlantic City / Under Boardwalk (66 FE-12)
Getty Museum · negative 1966; print 2003
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Atlantic City / Under Boardwalk (66 FW-10)
Getty Museum · negative 1966; print 2003
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Atlantic City / Under Boardwalk (66 GZ-1)
Getty Museum · negative 1966; print 2003
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Autowackies (09 N-34)
Getty Museum · 2009
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Autowackies (09 Q-11)
Getty Museum · 2009
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Autowackies (09 T-19)
Getty Museum · 2009
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Chicago
Getty Museum · 1958
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Chicago (57 BA-3)
Getty Museum · negative 1957; print 2003
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Chicago (57 CV-3)
Getty Museum · 1957
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Chicago (57 HK-3)
Getty Museum · 1957
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Chicago (58 AG-10)
Getty Museum · 1958
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Chicago (58 BR-3)
Getty Museum · 1958
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Chicago (59 AF-9)
Getty Museum · 1959
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Chicago (59 AK-10)
Getty Museum · 1959
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Chicago (59 AK-11)
Getty Museum · 1959
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Chicago (59 CC-36)
Getty Museum · 1959
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Chicago Loop (57 JN-17)
Getty Museum · negative 1957; print 1984
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City Whispers (81 HK-24)
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 1983
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City Whispers (81 HK-29)
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 1983
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City Whispers (81 JU-11)
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 1982
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City Whispers (81 JW-5)
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 1982
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City Whispers (81 OB-27)
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 1982
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City Whispers (82 C-25)
Getty Museum · 1982
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City Whispers (82 DS-34)
Getty Museum · 1982
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City Whispers (82 FY-43)
Getty Museum · 1982
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City Whispers (82 IZ-39)
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 1985
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City Whispers (82 JN-12)
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 1984
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City Whispers (82 KO-5)
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 1988
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City Whispers (82 OG-16)
Getty Museum · negative 1982; print 1989
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City Whispers, Chicago
Getty Museum · 1982
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City Whispers, Philadelphia
Getty Museum · 1982
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City Whispers, Philadelphia
Getty Museum · 1982
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City Whispers, Philadelphia
Getty Museum · 1983
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City Whispers, Philadelphia
Getty Museum · 1982
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Composites: Nude
Getty Museum · negatives 1966; prints 1984
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Composites: Parking Pavilion
Getty Museum · negatives 1966; prints 1982
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Couplets (69 FQ-37 / 69 FU-13)
Getty Museum · negative 1969; print 2000
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Double Frame (65 MM 34-35)
Getty Museum · negative 1965; print 1970
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Double Frame (69 AD-41 / 69 AA-15)
Getty Museum · 1969
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Double Frame: Philadelphia (62 DC 20-21)
Getty Museum · 1962
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Double Frames (65 LX 37-38)
Getty Museum · 1965
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Europe (60 JP-46)
Getty Museum · 1960
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Europe (Spain/Portugal) (60 JO-10)
Getty Museum · 1960
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Europe (Spain/Portugal) (60 JP-64)
Getty Museum · 1960
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Europe (Spain/Portugal) (61 Q-38)
Getty Museum · 1961
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