Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Visionary, surrealistic, meditative, whatever the label, the photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard defy convention. These evocative images of friends & family and the natural world around his home in Lexington, Kentucky illustrate a delicate psychology of human interaction. Originally trained as an optician, Meatyard undertook photography to make pictures ofhis first-born son. Family & friends freely participated in his staged & mysterious photographs which often involve masks & abandoned spaces. The book accompanies an exhibition @ICP, New York (2004-2005). Illus., 220 tritones. 320p.