Ray Metzker

Known for black-and-white, composite street scenes and landscapes, Metzker also explored new photographic processes in two studio-based series from the early 1970s, Whimsies and Wispies (represented here). Commenting on the way he alternated between capturing fragments of the outside world and free experimentation in the studio, Metzger said, “The studio is a world apart from the street. Both have a different beat. The street demands selection and the studio, construction, physical manipulation.”