The Photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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Ogden Museum of Southern Art 925 Camp Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Collection of the Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, via the Ogden Museum.
"Untitled" Gelatin silver print (1963), by Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
Following World War II, Kentucky experienced a wave of new art and literature in response to the national experience of the war. Among the enclave of poets, painters, photographers, scholars, philosophers, and beyond that arose from this movement was Ralph Eugene Meatyard—who is known for his surreal, ethereal black-and-white photographs of individuals and landscapes. These gelatin silver prints—which often depict the ramshackle surroundings of rural Kentucky and the mysterious-seeming characters that populate them—are often compared to Southern Gothic Literature. Over sixty of Meatyard's photographs, depicting a wide range of subjects, will be on display at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. ogdenmuseum.org.