Description from the Elvehjem bulletin/annual report 1989–91: "Ralph Eugene Meatyard was one of a group of photographers who in the fifties turned away from the tradition of using the camera as a tool of documentation. In an exhibition organized by the Visual Studies Workshop, Ralph Eugene Meatyard's photographs, though presented by the artist in documentarylike series, explore a subjective world of feeling and nuance, using the camera to suggest and imply rather than reveal." [p. 85-86]