Ray K. Metzker

Philadelphia
1964

A high-contrast black and white photograph depicting the silhouette of a person walking on a textured surface with the shadow of the figure prominently displayed. The light reflects off the ground, creating a pattern that contrasts with the dark figure and shadow.

A high-contrast black and white photograph depicting the silhouette of a person walking on a textured surface with the shadow of the figure prominently displayed. The light reflects off the ground, creating a pattern that contrasts with the dark figure and shadow.

Not on view

Date
1964

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Accession number
2000.94

Edition
16/20

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Henry M. Buhl in honor of Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/12639

Exhibitions

Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002
What's New: Recent Acquisitions on Photography

May 25–Sept 15, 2001

Ray K. Metzker
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