Ray Reiss
Artist: Ray Reiss
Date: 1970’s
Medium: Fiber paper mounted on mat board
Dimensions: 8” x 10”, mounted on 11” x 14” mat board
Artist’s Country of Birth:
Collecting Genre: Practicing Artist
Accession Number: 3403
Visual Description: Black and white photograph of 4 kids on metal structure. The child on the right is hanging upside down.
Notes from Ray: Exhibited at Bucktown – Wicker Park Library in 2025. Exhibition Introduction I had just moved to Chicago and enrolled in Photo 2 for the spring semester at Columbia College taught by Brian Katz. This body of 19 black & white photographs was part of the final project show for our class. Considering myself a bit of a rebel, i wanted a semester project that was opposite of norms. Conventional wisdom had you photographing moving objects with small portable 35mm cameras, and shot still lifes with a big view cameras that required the camera on a tripod, the ole’ black cloth covering up the photographer & camera and you shot one sheet of film at a time. You photographed kids outdoors using a small 35mm cameras and a big view camera indoors to shoot inanimate objects. So i photographed kids outdoors with a view camera. Bio Ray Reiss is owner & founder of Ray’s Bucktown Bed & Breakfast in Chicago. Prior to opening the Bed & Breakfast, Ray ran a commercial photography business for 23 years, taking him all over the US and to over 40 countries around the world. Ray will soon be launching CURAYTOR, an on-line collection of over 4,000 pieces of art.
Est Current Value: $200
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