I’ve a great fondness for a lot of the colour work coming out of Memphis - notably Chris Patterson and Huger Foote.
However, another photographer whose work I like a lot who has the same personal use of colour as the ‘Memphis School’ without actually living in Memphis, and who has an intimate style reminiscent of Todd Deutsch , is Ralph Ballerstadt.
Over the last few years, Ralph has been developing a style where the composition and use of colour are integrated in a way few photographers seem to manage.
One slightly (only slightly!), annoying aspect of Ralph’s work is he never gives us complete bodies of work, but he prefers small, self contained, ’sets’. But trawl his website, well worth it!
