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Interviewee:
Metzker, Ray K., 1931-  Search this
Interviewer:
Hunter, Anne S.  Search this
Subject:
Philadelphia College of Art  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
152 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 46 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Summary:
An interview of Ray Metzker conducted 1991 Apr. 30, by Anne Schuster Hunter, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
Metzker discusses his family and German heritage; childhood in Milwaukee, Wis.; early interest in photography; attending Beloit College; military service in Korea; studies at Illinois Institute of Technology; his series "My Camera and I in the Loop"; life in Chicago and traveling to Europe; moving to Philadelphia and teaching at the Philadelphia College of Art; his disenchantment with using the single image and moving into double frames; his landscapes of the 1980's; and his retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1984.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ray Metzker, 1991 Apr. 30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4778 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Funding:
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biography Note:
Ray Metzker (1931- ) is a photographer from Philadelphia, Pa.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Photography, Artistic -- United States  Search this
Photographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12267
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214620
AAA_collcode_metzke91
Theme:
Photography
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214620