Raymond Meeks

Raymond Meeks (born 1963) is an American photographer.[1] "Much of his work focuses on memory and place, and captures daily life with his family."[1]

He has published a number of books including Pretty Girls Wander (2011) which "chronicles his daughter's journey from adolescence to adulthood."[1] He is co-founder of Orchard Journal, in which he collaborates with others.[2]

In 2016 Meeks received a Siskind Fellowship Grant from the Aaron Siskind Foundation. His work is held in the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, Light Work in Syracuse, NY, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Life and work

Meeks was born in Columbus, Ohio.[1] He has lived in Providence, Rhode Island[3] and the Catskill Mountains, New York.[4] He once had a career as a commercial photographer, travelling all over the U.S. "to photograph anonymous hotel rooms".[1]

"Much of his work focuses on memory and place, and captures daily life with his family."[1] Vince Aletti, wrote in Photograph Magazine, that "he finds a certain harsh beauty in its [Providence, Rhode Island's] wastelands that allies him with the best of the New Topographics crew." Parr and Badger include Meeks, along with Mark Steinmetz, Susan Lipper, Gregory Halpern, Deborah Luster, Ron Jude and Doug Rickard, in "an interesting new generation of US photographers – post-New Topographical, one might call them . . .  they are quixotic and individualistic, and are looking at America's heartland with a collective fresh eye informed by both the country's photographic heritage and a strong desire to tell American stories at a time when the country seems unsure of itself."[5]

Meeks is co-founder of Orchard Journal,[1] in which he collaborates with some of his contemporaries.[2] Parr and Badger include Orchard Volume 1: Crime Victims Chronicle, by Meeks and Luster, in the third volume of their photobook history.[2]

Publications

Publications by Meeks
  • Sound of Summer Running. Tucson: Nazraeli, 2004. Photographs by Meeks, text by Rick Bass. ISBN 978-1590051122. Accompanied by a booklet of poetry with the same title by Forrest Gander. Edition of 50 copies.
  • A Clearing. Portland: Nazraeli, 2008. ISBN 978-1590051641. Edition of 500 copies
  • Doctrine of an Axe. One Picture Book 54. Portland: Nazraeli, 2008. ISBN 978-1590052365. Eight reproductions and one original photograph. Includes on a separate leaf the poem "The doctrine of an axe" by Maurice Manning. Edition of 500 copies.
  • Middle Air. Self-published / Dumbsaint, 2009. Edition of 40 copies.
  • Carousel. Self-published / Dumbsaint, 2009. Two editions of 60 copies total.
  • Nevermore. Self-published, 2008. OCLC 712654517. With a poem by Kazimir Malevich. Edition of 25 copies.
  • Amwell | Continuum. Portland: self-published / Dumbsaint, 2010. OCLC 621042616.
  • Who Will Stay. Portland: self-published / Dumbsaint, 2010. OCLC 793519936.
  • Amwell. Portland: Nazraeli, 2010. Nazraeli Press Six by Six, Set 1 v. 3. ISBN 9781590052969. Edition of 100 copies.
  • Pretty Girls Wander. Portland: self-published / Dumbsaint, 2011.
  • 2 Solitudes. Self-published / Dumbsaint, 2013. OCLC 855114097. Edition of 40 copies.
  • Erasure. Oakland, CA: TBW, 2013. Subscription Series #4, Book #3. OCLC 888824695. Edition of 1500 copies. Meeks, Christian Patterson, Alessandra Sanguinetti and Wolfgang Tillmans each had one book in a set of four.
  • Contact Sheet 179: Raymond Meeks. Syracuse: Light Work, 2014.ISBN 978-0935445916. Includes a conversation between Meeks and Shane Lavalette.
  • In Love with Drama. Self-published / Dumbsaint, 2015. Edition of 8 copies.
  • Winter Farm Auction 1.2016 Mt Gilead, Ohio. Self-published / Dumbsaint, 2016. Folio of six broadsides. Edition of 10 copies.
  • Halfstory Halflife. Paris: Chose Commune, 2018. ISBN 979-10-96383-08-5.
  • Ciprian Honey Cathedral. London: Mack, 2020. ISBN 978-1-913620-01-1.[6]

Collaborative publications
  • Orchard Volume 1: November 2010: Deborah Luster: Crime Victims Chronicle. New York: Silas Finch, 2010. By Meeks and Deborah Luster. Three editions of 200 copies total. ISBN 978-1936063116. "Photographs taken by Meeks while assisting Luster in New Orleans with text excerpted from A Crime Victims Guidebook by Rose Preston, and a portfolio of images from Luster's body of work Tooth for an Eye."[7] With a text by Kevin Sullivan.
  • Orchard Volume 2: Not Seen | Not Said: Wes Mills. New York: Silas Finch, 2011. Photographs by Meeks, drawings by Wes Mills. Three editions of 200 copies total.
  • Orchard Volume 3: Idyll: Mark Steinmetz. New York: Silas Finch, 2011. One body of work by each of Meeks and Mark Steinmetz. Three editions of 200 copies total.
  • Dumbsaint 01: Township. TIS/dumbsaint. Brooklyn: Tis, 2017. Photographs by Meeks, Adrianna Ault and Tim Carpenter. Short story by Brad Zellar. Two editions of 750 copies total.

Publications with contributions by Meeks
  • Core Samples from the World. New York: New Directions, 2011. By Forrest Gander. ISBN 978-0811218870. Poetry and essays by Gander, photographs by Meeks, Graciela Iturbide and Lucas Foglia.
  • Contact Sheet 172: Light Work Annual 2013. Syracuse: Light Work, 2013. ISBN 978-0935445848.

Exhibitions
  • Light Work, Syracuse, NY, November–December 2014. An exhibition of Meeks' work throughout his career".[1]

Awards
  • 2016: Siskind Fellowship Grant, Aaron Siskind Foundation, New York City. One of six recipients that year.[8][9]

Collections

Meeks' work is held in the following public collections:

References
  1. Bremner, Matthew. "Snapshot: 'Winter Apples, Montana' (2006), by Raymond Meeks". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  2. Martin Parr; Gerry Badger (2014). The Photobook: A History, Volume III. London: Phaidon. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-7148-6677-2.
  3. Aletti, Vince (3 July 2015). "January - February 2014: Photo Books". Photograph Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  4. Magazine, The New York Times. "The Voyages Issue: Remarkable Journeys With Six Photographers". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  5. Martin Parr; Gerry Badger (2014). The Photobook: A History, Volume III. London: Phaidon. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-7148-6677-2.
  6. "Raymond Meeks Ciprian Honey Cathedral". American Suburb X. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  7. "Orchard Volume One - Crime Victims Chronicle with Deborah Luster / Silas Finch". Silas Finch Foundation. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  8. "IPF Grant Recipients". Aaron Siskind Foundation. Accessed 9 August 2018.
  9. "6 Photographers Awarded 2016 Aaron Siskind Foundation Grants". Photo District News. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  10. "Raymond Meeks - Author - Resources from the BnF". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  11. "CollectiveAccess error". Light Work. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  12. "Search the Collection". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
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