Raymond Meeks

author · photographer

b. 1963, Columbus, Ohio[1] active 2003–2025

Raymond Meeks is an American photographer and author based in the Hudson Valley, New York. Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963, he studied Social Anthropology at The Ohio State University. His work focuses on memory, place, and the way landscapes shape individual identity. He is known for his evocative photographic style that explores atmospheric environments and family relationships. Meeks has been recognized with several prestigious honors, including a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography (2020) and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2022). He is also the sixth laureate of the French-American photography commission 'Immersion' sponsored by Fondation d’entreprise Hermès. His work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Art, MoMA Library, and George Eastman House.[1,2]

  • memory
  • place
  • landscape
  • family relationships
  • atmospheric environments

Books

Works by Raymond Meeks

  • 2004 Sound of Summer Running Nazraeli Press · book · English · ISBN 1590051122
  • 2023 The Inhabitants MACK · book Collaboration with writer George Weld
  • 2022 Geography of Abandonment Origini Edizioni · book
  • 2021 Somersault MACK · book
  • 2020 ciprian honey cathedral MACK · book
  • 2018 halfstory halflife chose commune · book
  • 2017 Township dumbsaint 01 / TIS Books · book
  • 2016 winter farm auction 1.2016 dumbsaint · book
  • 2015 in love with drama dumbsaint · book
  • 2013 erasure TBW Books · book
  • 2013 2 solitudes dumbsaint · book
  • 2011 pretty girls wander dumbsaint · book
  • 2010 amwell Nazraeli Press · book
  • 2010 who will stay dumbsaint · book
  • 2010 amwell | continuum dumbsaint · book
  • 2009 carousel dumbsaint · book
  • 2009 middle air dumbsaint · book
  • 2008 doctrine of an axe Nazraeli Press · book
  • 2008 a Clearing Nazraeli Press · book

Exhibitions

  • 2024 The Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris · solo
  • 2024 Musée des Beaux-Arts Mulhouse Biennale Mulhouse · group
  • 2023 The Inhabitants. International Center of Photography, New York · solo
  • 2022 Geography of Abandonment Paris · group
  • 2021 halfstory halflife Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia · group
  • 2019 halfstory halflife Paris Photo, Paris · group
  • 2019 seven kinds of loneliness Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam · group
  • 2019 sonder San Francisco. Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco · solo
  • 2019 For Those Who Could See Beyond The Surface. London · group
  • 2018 housekeeping Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam · solo
  • 2018 halfstory halflife Charles Hartman Gallery, Portland · solo
  • 2018 ciprian honey cathedral Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam · group
  • 2016 halfstory halflife Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam · group
  • 2016 burning with pleasure Seen Fifteen Gallery, London · solo
  • 2016 cabbage white Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam · solo
  • 2015 furlong Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam · group
  • 2015 in love with drama Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam · solo
  • 2014 where objects fall away Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery, Syracuse University · solo
  • 2014 where objects fall away Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam · solo
  • 2014 Shine Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland · solo
  • 2013 10x10 American Photobooks Tokyo Institute for Photography, Japan · group
  • 2013 a different kind of order ICP Triennial Reading Room, New York · group
  • 2012 Summer Exhibition Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris · solo
  • 2009 C'estl"ete Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris · solo
  • 2009 Catch All PDX Contemporary, Portland · solo
  • 2009 AIPAD Photography Show New York · group
  • 2009 a Clearing Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris · solo

Awards

  • 2020 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography Guggenheim Foundation
  • 2022 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Pollock-Krasner Foundation

References

  1. Raymond Meeks (Ohio, 1963) ... Born: Columbus, Ohio 1963 link
  2. Raymond Meeks is a 2020 recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography and was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2022. link