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Meatyard, Ralph Eugene (Photographer); Davenport, Guy (Curator) & Young, Cynthia (Co-Curator) : Ralph Eugene Meatyard: The International Center For Photography Exhibition

Steidl Publishers/International Center For Photography (ICP), Gottingen, Germany / New York City, New York, 2004

ISBN 3865210651

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 300 pages. Exhibition Monograph. Now considered a contemporary photography classic. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Steidl Design and Claas Moller: Regular-sized volume format. White cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted on recessed center and black titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Curated with an Introduction, Essay, and Interview by Guy Davenport and Cynthia Young. Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and Exhibition History appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition held at the International Center for Photography New York from December 10, 2004 through February 27, 2005. Presents "Ralph Eugene Meatyard". The most comprehensive selection of the photographer's work thus far. The book acknowledges its debt to two previous monographs: "An American Visionary" and "The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater and Other Figurative Photographs". "They have been called visionary, surrealistic, and meditative. Fascinated by the uncanniness of ordinary life, Meatyard made mysterious, staged images using his friends and family, often involving masks and abandoned spaces, that are familiar and disturbing at the same time. Highly original and deeply emotional, Meatyard's Expressionist style and use of staged scenes foreshadow the work of many contemporary artists such as Francesca Woodman, Cindy Sherman, Sally Mann, and Justine Kurland. They suggest the complex emotions associated with childhood, intimacy, loss, and destruction. Meatyard's engagement with photographing people is evident in a number of portraits he made of a circle of local writers with whom he developed great friendships: Guy Davenport, Thomas Merton, Wendell Berry, James Baker Hall, and Jonathan Greene. These friends not only provided intellectual inspiration and support but often acted as collaborators in other projects" (ICP). An absolute "must-have" title for Ralph Eugene Meatyard collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of very few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online are either remainder-marked or have serious flaws ("light shelfwear") because the cloth boards are easily soiled. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 220 tritone plates. Ralph Eugene Meatyard's "The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook" and by The Hasselblad Center. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3865210651.

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