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Posted on November 8, 2016

Dickson Mule Auction, 2005-2010
Charles A. Meyer
April 8 – June 6, 2010

An opening reception is April 8, 6-8 PM.

Mule auction
© Charles A. Meyer
Mules
© Charles A. Meyer

Each year since 2005, Charles A. Meyer has photographed the Annual Mule Auction in Dickson, Tennessee.

“I am drawn to this small rural gathering; the culture, the social dynamics, and the mules themselves constitute a unique setting that I have not encountered elsewhere,” he says. “Each time I return, the work evolves and I am able to explore in greater depth both the visual possibilities and the human element.”

Dickson Mule Auction, 2005-2010, a series of his photographs, is featured at the Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging in Belmont, MA, April 8 through June 6. An opening reception is April 8, 6-8 PM.

Mules, Meyer explains, are the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. They are bred as domesticated work animals, their size determined largely by the size of the mother. They have the strength of a donkey and the speed and trainability of a horse.

Most mules are reared to work in teams, with elaborate harnesses. They are sold in pairs for fieldwork and carriage pulling, and as pack animals and trail mounts.

The three-day event in Dickson is the oldest and largest mule auction in the country. Buyers and sellers come from around the country, including Western dude ranchers, Amish and Mennonites seeking field animals, and local buyers.

“Most come year after year and, for many, it’s a reunion of sorts,” says Meyer. “They are an independent lot, mostly self-employed, and many act as both breeder and owner. They come together in Dickson to discuss mules and whatever else comes to mind.”

A photographer and filmmaker, Meyer is an adjunct associate professor of photography in the fine arts department at Boston College. He has also held appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Hampshire College, and was the Harnish Visiting Artist in Photography at Smith College. His work has been exhibited widely in museums and galleries.

Meyer’s work in film includes the PBS television specials Civil War and Baseball by Ken Burns. He recently served as associate producer and photographer for a four-part film series on conflict resolution in war-torn areas of the world.

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Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus

At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.

This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.

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Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and

connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the

mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain

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