Background

Douglas William Metzler was born on February 4, 1947, in New York City, New York, United States.

Education

From 1967 to 1968 Metzler attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, New York, United States.

Career

From 1969 to 1972 Douglas assisted New York photographers Garry Gross, Carl Fischer and William Helburn. From 1972 to 1973 Douglas worked for Delta Presse in Paris, France and Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. In 1974 he was a staff photographer for United Artists Records in Los Angeles, California, United States.

In 1976 Douglas began the series "Shooting Down" - images photographed from above that have a 3-D effect or "float"- and began painting on his photographs. Since 1976 he is a self-employed photographer, painter.

Achievements

• Publications Catalog: Attitudes in Photog- raphy in the Seventies, Fred Parker (Santa Barbara Mus. of Art, Calif.). Periodicals: New West, July 1978, June 7, 1976, May 1976; "Direct Views of the Simple: Photography of Doug Metzler," James Welling, Art Week, Nov 1977; Esquire, Mar 1977; Rolling Stone, Sept 26, 1974.

Personality

Metzler's major influences were the artist Brice Marden, Marden's wife Helen, Bob Roca, Balthus and New York City in the late 1960s.

Connections

Co-worker:

Garry Gross

Co-worker:

Carl Fischer

Co-worker:

William Helburn