The surreal photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925-1972) was an American optometrist and pioneer of experimental and surreal photography, working in Kentucky. Heavily influenced by Southern Gothic literature, his carefully constructed, haunting images are on display at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans until January 2023
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Lucybelle Crater and Eastern man’s friend, 1970-72.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled, circa 1968-72.
Photograph: Collection of the Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled (Cranston Ritchie) 1960.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled (REM.1621.Y), 1962
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Lucybelle Crater and bipolar friend, 1970-72.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled (Self-portrait) circa 1968.
Photograph: Collection of the Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled circa 1967.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled circa 1968-69.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled 1961.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Untitled (Cranston Ritchie) 1959.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
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Lucybelle Crater and applied photo friend’s stern wife, 1970-72.
Photograph: The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard/Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
