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 the beginning. — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
I think I have been able to eliminate the idea of a third person: the Intruding Photographer. — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
I work in several different groups of pictures which act on and with each other - ranging from several abstracted manners to a form… — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
I found out that I could not choose a subject, throw it out of focus, and then have a good picture. I found that… — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
... if [a photograph is] unbelievably real it becomes superreal or another kind of super real, better than real... [it] also can be, I… — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have always tried to keep truth in my photographs. My work, whether realistic or abstract, has always dealt with a form of religion… — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
I want to get people to read stone, tree, so forth & so on through the construction of the picture, to lead them to… — Ralph Eugene Meatyard Copy Share Image
![“... 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 heartfelt that you almost can get a pang of compassion for the thing.” quote by Ralph Eugene Meatyard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/121/ralph-eugene-meatyard-48015_compassion_if-a-photograph-is-unbelievably-real-it_929695.jpg)
