ralph eugene meatyard by: avelino jimenez meatyard: “masks erased the differences between...
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Ralph Eugene MeatyardBy: Avelino Jimenez
Meatyard: “masks erased the differences between people”
Biography
Born: May 25th, 1925
Death: May 7th, 1972
From: Normal, Illinois
Lived: Lexington, Kentucky
• Joined the Lexington Camera Club in 1954
• Attended Williams College and became a licensed Optician
Romance of Ambrose Bierce #3 (From Center for Photographic Studies, Portfolio 3), 1964
There Life
Meatyard attended a University High School and was a happy teen.
Once he graduated he joined the Navy and Went to Williams College as a student in the predentistry program.
He gets married and moves back with his parents.
While living with his parents he moved around a lot because his father was switching jobs a lot. His father best work was to rebuild broken down houses.
Meatyard’s father influenced his theme of abandoned ball parks, Mansions etc.
During Meatyard’s adult life he was an optician until he bought his first camera so he could take pictures of his first born child.
Untitled, ca. 1960
His Experience
Once meatyard joined the lexington camera club Cranston Ritchie and Van Deren Coke became very important mentors to him.
Meatyard wasn’t like other mainstream photogrophers in his days.
Meatyard liked to mess around with motion blur and different exposures.
Lite Sound [from Portraits of Self], 1959
Untitled, 1959
Untitled, 1960
Untitled, 1963
Untitled, ca. 1964
Untitled, ca. 1968
Untitled, ca. 1968-72
Lucybelle Crater and photo friend from the rural provinces Lucybelle
Crater , 1970-72
Lucybelle Crater and her P.O. brother Lucybelle Crater, 1970-72
Untitled, ca. 1958
Untitled, ca. 1968
Emulation
#2 Motion, ca. 1968-72 My Emulation: Thms Motion
Emulation
Untitled, 1963My Emulation: Lenz
resources
"Ralph Eugene Meatyard: The Man Behind the Masks Read More: Http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ralph-eugene-meatyard-the-man-behind-the-masks-106625198/#3UlzB5X3VSJGT226.99 Give the Gift of Smithsonian Magazine for Only $12! Http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow Us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter." Smithsonian Magazine. David Zax, Nov. 2011. Web. 9 Apr. 2015.
"Ralph Eugene Meatyard." Fraenkel Gallery. Bad Feather, n.d. Web.
"Meatyard, Ralph Eugene." Museum of Contemporary Photographers. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2015. <http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mocp.org%2Fdetail.php%3Ft%3Dpeople%26type%3Drelated%26kv%3D7440>.
McDermott, Theodore. "RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD: “The Family Albums of Ralph Eugene Meatyard” (2006)." AMERICAN SUBURB X. N.p., 21 Nov. 2011. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.americansuburbx.com/2011/11/ralph-eugene-meatyard-the-family-albums-of-ralph-eugene-meatyard-2006-2.html>.