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