RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD: IN PERSPECTIVE edited and with an essay by Christopher Meatyard

Art &, 1996, First edition, 90 pp., 10" X 12 1/4", Hardcover Fine but for bump to lower rear edge Ralph Eugene Meatyard was a visionary photographer known for his dreamlike black & white photographs of family members in masks, elegant portraits of bohemian friends and radical experiments in abstraction. Meatyard’s unique visual language was the product of a naturally curious mind stimulated by a love of literature and the spoken word. His shadowy photographs – often featuring dark dilapidated locales populated by enigmatic characters – have drawn comparisons to Southern Gothic literature.