Ralph Meatyard and Robert Adams were photographers known for their abstract, mysterious, and thought-provoking photos. Meatyard's photos featured blurred images and shadows that represented mortality and the impact of human presence. Adams photographed landscapes and how human activities had affected nature, capturing moments of loneliness in the remnants of nature and scenes showing the brutality and impact of human development. His photos contrasted the beauty of nature with images of nothing left, though also showed hope for rebirth amid memories of what once was.

1. Ralph Meatyardand Robert Adams

2. MasksLucybelle Crater and her successful peanut farmer friends soft-spoken son (1970)Chapter Plan #4 (1965)

3. Photos areGrotesque ComicMysterious EngagingDo not allow us to ignore these people. They become representations of ourselves.“Lucybelle Crater and her hardworking 20 year old son” (1970)

4. Lucybelle Crater and her successful peanut farmer friend from Port Royal, Ky. (1970)Untitled (1965)

5. Blurred ImagesHere-in-after, here-in-before (1963)

6. MortalityFigure and Wall Detail (1964)Man Turning Head (1965)ActionLifeMovement

7. ShadowsMadonna 1964Untitled (1965)DeathDeparted SoulsForgotten Events

8. NatureUntitled (1965)

9. Dark ForestsColdComplexLight Impression (1960)Powerful

10. Robert AdamsBerthoud, Colorado (1979) olorado

11. NatureDead Palms, Partially Uprooted, Ontario, California (1983)

12. The beauty of the landscape and man’s affect upon it. Traces of nature we have left overMoments of lonelinessCoos Country, Oregon

13. Man’s affect on NatureColorado Springs, Colorado (1968)

14. Human BrutalityRemove beauty of natureColorado Springs, Colorado (1968)Impact of Human PresenceColorado Springs, Colorado (1968)

15. Midday, Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado (1971) Colorado Springs, Colorado (1968)Contrasts

16. Hope for Rebirth

17. Memories of Nature Nothing leftChange can be effected by man

18. Along Interstate 25, North Edge of Denver, Colorado (1973)Motel, Colorado Sprinds, Colorado (1968)