{"id":10990,"date":"2011-01-04T06:41:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=10990"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:07:49","slug":"featured-ray-metzker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/featured-ray-metzker\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURED: RAY METZKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"first3words\">Metzker has quietly been making extraordinary photographs for the better part of six decades. <\/span>Metzker\u2019s photographs strike a unique balance between formal brilliance, optical innovation, and a deep regard for the world. Today, he is recognized as one of the great masters of American photography.\u00a0His images question the nature of\u00a0 photographic \u201creality&#8221; through his use of formal inventions such as photomontage, solarisation, multiple exposures and unique perspectives. Approaching 80 years of age, Ray Metzker remains\u00a0 one of the most dedicated, innovative, and influential American photographers of the last half century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Hard bound first printing with dust jacket. Design by Vignelli. <span class=\"first3words\">INSCRIBED BY METZKER TO THE PHOTO-MONTAGE ARTIST VAL TELBERG. <\/span>Small season&#8217;s greetings card signed by Metzker laid in. Published on the occasion of the 1985\/86 touring exhibition in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Essay by Anne Wilkes Tucker. 143 pages profusely illustrated. Some minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good. A nice photographic association copy, scarce!.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 17645<br \/>\n<span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Unknown Territory<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Metzker, Ray K.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Publisher:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Aperture<\/strong><br \/>\nPublication Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>1984<\/strong><br \/>\nBinding:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Hardcover<\/strong><br \/>\nBook Condition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Very Good<\/strong><br \/>\nDust Jacket Condition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Very Good<\/strong><br \/>\nSigned:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>inscribed by Photographer<\/strong><br \/>\nEdition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>First Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metzker has quietly been making extraordinary photographs for the better part of six decades. Metzker\u2019s photographs strike a unique balance between formal brilliance, optical innovation, and a deep regard for the world. Today, he is recognized as one of the great masters of American photography.\u00a0His images question the nature of\u00a0 photographic \u201creality&#8221; through his use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recently-sold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10990"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15061,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10990\/revisions\/15061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}