Ray K. Metzker, Philadelphia, 1964 © Estate of Ray K. Metzker / Courtesy Les Douches la Galerie, Paris
Amélie Blanc, portrait de Nathalie Herschdorfer
Ray K. Metzker, « Obscurités radieuses », octobre 2025 – janvier 2026 au Centre photographique Rouen Normandie La première exposition institutionnelle de ce photographe majeur américain en France. Chicago New Bauhaus collage Philadelphie jazz expérimentation abstraction photographie de rue noir et blanc argentique laboratoire Ray K. Metzker, ‘Dazzling Darknesses’ October 2025–January 2026 at the Centre photographique Rouen Normandie The first institutional exhibition in France by this major American photographer experimentation abstraction street photography black and white film laboratory
Ray K. Metzker, Philadelphia, 1967 © Estate of Ray K. Metzker / Courtesy Les Douches la Galerie, Paris

CONFERENCE

Ray K. Metzker: a poetics of the image
by Nathalie Herschdorfer

Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m.

To revisit the personality and oeuvre of Ray K. Metzker, the Centre photographique invites Nathalie Hershdorfer, art historian and co-curator of the first European exhibition dedicated to him, held at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne in 2007.

 

Sharing her experience of collaborating with the artist and her encounters with him, she will retrace Ray K. Metzker’s career and his connection to experimentation.

Nathalie Herschdorfer is an art curator and photography historian. Director of Photo Elysée, the cantonal museum of photography in Lausanne, and lecturer at ECAL, she was formerly director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Le Locle. Author of numerous books, she is active on the international scene and has exhibited major artists such as Cartier-Bresson, Kubrick, Man Ray and Sugimoto.

 

Free, booking required: info@centrephotographique.com