Ray K. Metzker
My work has moved into something of the composite, of collected and related moments.
Discontented with the single, fixed frame image (the isolated moment), my work has moved into something of the composite, of collected and related moments. As I find the opportunity in the camera, the darkroom and the final presentation, I employ methods of combination, repetition and superimposition. Where photography has been primarily a process of selection and extraction, I wish to investigate the possibilities of synthesis.
1965/1966
To date my efforts have formed into three categories: repetition with tonal variation in printing, juxtaposed images formed at different moments but linked in the camera by the interval between frames, and overlapping successive exposures on roll film so that the entire strip is seen as one print. Although I am faced with multiplicity and succession, the results are not to he confused with cinematography. In contrast to the controlled succession of parts as viewed in a movie, I intend the elements to be presented like a mosaic or mural for simultaneous viewing.
