Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Romances
A fervent reader, Meatyard was deeply influenced by the writer Ambrose Bierce’s definition in The Devil’s Dictionary: “ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are.”
![Black and white photograph of a young boy in a white button up shirt, apparently caught mid-motion so that his face is shown in both blurred profile and straight on.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/REM-1575-906x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1963
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount)
![Black-and-white photograph of smiling small girl laying on a boulder.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/5_REM-0523d_Meatyard_Untitled_1963-905x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1963
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young boy sitting in front of a shuttered loading dock](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0621b-1440x833.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, ca. 1955-56
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young boy in a hooded sweatshirt looking through a door with missing panels from a decrepit room](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/REM-1606-963x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a person's slightly out-of-focus and shadowed face beneath a strand of twine coming through a window](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/REM-1465-920x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1960
gelatin-silver print, 6-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches (image & sheet) [15.9 x 16.5 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man standing next to a cracked mirror](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0783-REM-1318-926x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1960
gelatin silver print, 7-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches (sheet) [19.1 x 19.7 cm]
![Black and white photograph of a young boy crouching behind a hubcap](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/REM-0491b-904x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1959
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of two figures seated in an attic room next to a square window](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/REM-1455-916x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, ca. 1968
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young girl crawling through grass in a garden](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0718-REM-1342-962x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1960
gelatin-silver print, 13 x 10 inches (sheet) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Black and white photograph of a small boy and girl seated near a leafy plant](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/REM-0994-916x900.jpg)
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled, 1964
gelatin silver print, 6-7/8 x 7 inches (image & sheet) [17.5 x 17.8 cm]
![Black and white photograph of a young boy in a white button up shirt, apparently caught mid-motion so that his face is shown in both blurred profile and straight on.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/REM-1575.jpg?fit=675%2C670&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1963
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (mount)
![Black-and-white photograph of smiling small girl laying on a boulder.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/5_REM-0523d_Meatyard_Untitled_1963.jpg?fit=675%2C671&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1963
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young boy sitting in front of a shuttered loading dock](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0621b.jpg?fit=675%2C390&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
ca. 1955-56
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young boy in a hooded sweatshirt looking through a door with missing panels from a decrepit room](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/REM-1606.jpg?fit=675%2C631&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1960
gelatin silver print, 13 x 10 inches (mount) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a person's slightly out-of-focus and shadowed face beneath a strand of twine coming through a window](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/REM-1465.jpg?fit=675%2C660&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1960
gelatin-silver print, 6-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches (image & sheet) [15.9 x 16.5 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a man standing next to a cracked mirror](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0783-REM-1318.jpg?fit=675%2C656&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1960
gelatin silver print, 7-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches (sheet) [19.1 x 19.7 cm]
![Black and white photograph of a young boy crouching behind a hubcap](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/REM-0491b.jpg?fit=675%2C672&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1959
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of two figures seated in an attic room next to a square window](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/REM-1455.jpg?fit=675%2C663&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
ca. 1968
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (sheet) [20.3 x 25.4 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of a young girl crawling through grass in a garden](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/REM-0718-REM-1342.jpg?fit=675%2C632&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1960
gelatin-silver print, 13 x 10 inches (sheet) [33.0 x 25.4 cm]
![Black and white photograph of a small boy and girl seated near a leafy plant](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/REM-0994.jpg?fit=675%2C663&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Ralph Eugene MeatyardUntitled
1964
gelatin silver print, 6-7/8 x 7 inches (image & sheet) [17.5 x 17.8 cm]