Raymond Meier (photographer)
Raymond Meier born in Switzerland in 1957, is a Swiss-American Photographer.
He began his photography career in 1972 while attending School of Applied Arts in Zurich and apprenticing in a commercial studio. At the age of twenty he opened his own studio in Zurich where he focused primarily on industrial and corporate photography. His work evolved to include portraiture, advertising, and ultimately fashion.
In 1986 he moved to New York City to concentrate on his still life photography. Since then he has come to be recognized as one of the leading photographers in his field. Over time Raymond’s photographs have evolved from still life to fashion images, and in recent years his work has included a significant amount of architectural photography.
Raymond is a contributing photographer to American and International editions of Vogue (magazine) and The New York Times.
American Vogue (magazine) Editor in Chief Anna Wintour describes Meier’s current work; "In the tradition of great Swiss visual geniuses, such as Josef Muller-Brockmann and Werner Biscof, whose visual precision was always richly evident in work both artistic and commercial, Raymond Meier has that unerring ability to infuse technically masterful compositions with charm and punch. In Meier's work, shearling boots float with astronauts, eagles clutch diamond brooches, and models fly out of stilettos. When Meier casts his eye on something, it soars beautifully."[1]
His interest has always included both the creative and the technical aspects of photography. Early in his career he became interested in classical printing techniques. Between 1992 and 2001 he made 5 portfolios of editioned platinum prints. The subjects of these portfolios include a documentation of the Catacombs in Palermo, chemical phenomena in physics, the salvaged remains of TWA Flight 800, the ancient Nasca lines in Peru and the skies at night above New Mexico.
Raymond was among the first photographers to shoot and scan color negatives, explore the post-production process and provide retouched c-prints to magazines and advertising clients. He has a deep understanding of and interest in the process of photography from concept to print.
His first book, Louis Kahn Dhaka, was published in fall 2004. The two-volume set features the architecture of the capital complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Books
Louis Kahn Dhaka (Dino Simonett, 2004)
Notes
- ↑ Annabelle Magazine September 2008
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