I want to get people to read stone, tree, so forth & so on through the construction of the picture, to lead them to these things exactly as if it were written out on a page. I think it can be done.
I have always tried to keep truth in my photographs. My work, whether realistic or abstract, has always dealt with a form of religion or imagination. - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
I have always tried to keep truth in my photographs. My work, whether realistic or abstract, has always dealt with a form of religion or imagination.
- Ralph Eugene Meatyard
I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time. - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time.
I think I have been able to eliminate the idea of a third person: the Intruding Photographer. - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
I think I have been able to eliminate the idea of a third person: the Intruding Photographer.
Am I looking at a mask or am I the mask being looked at? - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Am I looking at a mask or am I the mask being looked at?
I work in several different groups of pictures which act on and with each other - ranging from several abstracted manners to a form for the surreal. … - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
I work in several different groups of pictures which act on and with each other - ranging from several abstracted manners to a form for the surreal. …
I found out that I could not choose a subject, throw it out of focus, and then have a good picture. I found that I had to learn to see No-focus from … - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
I found out that I could not choose a subject, throw it out of focus, and then have a good picture. I found that I had to learn to see No-focus from …
I want to get people to read stone, tree, so forth & so on through the construction of the picture, to lead them to these things exactly as if it wer… - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
I want to get people to read stone, tree, so forth & so on through the construction of the picture, to lead them to these things exactly as if it wer…
... if [a photograph is] unbelievably real it becomes superreal or another kind of super real, better than real... [it] also can be, I think, so hear… - Ralph Eugene Meatyard
... if [a photograph is] unbelievably real it becomes superreal or another kind of super real, better than real... [it] also can be, I think, so hear…
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion