Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Light on Water
Using movement to follow luminescent, broken reflections in water, the artist’s experimental photographs create a free-form effect similar to qualities of Abstract Expressionist paintings.
![Square black-and-white photograph of light and shadow filtering through rippling water](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-1202-887x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white photograph of light and shadow filtering through water](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0182-855x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of light trails reflecting off of moving water](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-1200-878x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1969-70
gelatin silver print, 11-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches (mount) [29.2 x 24.8 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of light reflecting off of splashing water](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Water-3-964x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, ca. 1960
gelatin silver print, 11-1/2 x 9-5/8 inches (mount) [29.2 x 22.9 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of falling water droplets catching the light](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Water-8-1009x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, ca. 1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of light trails reflecting off of moving water](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0174b-840x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Love Story #2, ca. 1967
gelatin silver print, 10-3/4 x 10 inches (sheet) [27.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of bubble trails rising underwater](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Water-10-881x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1962
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of two trails of light reflecting off of moving water](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0173-852x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, ca. 1967
gelatin silver print, 11-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (mount) [29.2 x 24.1 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of faint squiggly light trails on moving water](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0982-950x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1962
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Square black-and-white photograph of light and shadow filtering through rippling water](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-1202.jpg?fit=675%2C685&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white photograph of light and shadow filtering through water](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0182.jpg?fit=675%2C711&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of light trails reflecting off of moving water](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-1200.jpg?fit=675%2C692&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1969-70
gelatin silver print, 11-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches (mount) [29.2 x 24.8 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of light reflecting off of splashing water](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Water-3.jpg?fit=675%2C630&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
ca. 1960
gelatin silver print, 11-1/2 x 9-5/8 inches (mount) [29.2 x 22.9 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of falling water droplets catching the light](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Water-8.jpg?fit=675%2C602&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
ca. 1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of light trails reflecting off of moving water](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0174b.jpg?fit=675%2C723&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardLove Story #2
ca. 1967
gelatin silver print, 10-3/4 x 10 inches (sheet) [27.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of bubble trails rising underwater](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Meatyard_Water-10.jpg?fit=675%2C690&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1962
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of two trails of light reflecting off of moving water](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0173.jpg?fit=675%2C713&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
ca. 1967
gelatin silver print, 11-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (mount) [29.2 x 24.1 cm]
![Square black-and-white long-exposure photograph of faint squiggly light trails on moving water](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0982.jpg?fit=675%2C640&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1962
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]