By : Edward Liu
Biographical Information Uelsmann was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1934 Developed passion for photography in his early teens Received his B.F.A degree at R.I.T and M.F.A at Indiana University Had his first solo exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art Now teaches at the University of Florida Believed that through photography, one could exist outside of oneself (like astral projection)
Uelsmann’s style Focused a lot of negative space as he loved to set a lot of his photographs inside dark rooms Many of his works are composed of multiple negatives, which produces a very mysterious feel His works are also very spiritual, symbolic, and surreal Being a surrealist photographer, he did not care too much about sharing reality, but rather what he saw in his imagination In a lot of his works, he forces viewers to use their own imagination and allows them to have their own interpretations for his work
Untitled, 1958, By Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1959, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1963, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1965, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1968, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1969, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1975, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1976, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1978, by Jerry Uelsmann
Untitled, 1981, by Jerry Uelsmann
Allegorical Landscape, 1963, by Jerry Uelsmann
Home is a Memory, 1963, by Jerry Uelsmann
Metamorphosis, 1962, by Jerry Uelsmann
My Angel, 1964, by Jerry Uelsmann
Place of several mysteries, 1973, by Jerry Uelsmann
Small woods where I met myself, 1967, by Jerry Uelsmann
Symbolic Mutation, 1961, by Jerry Uelsmann
The Dive, 1967, by Jerry Uelsmann
The Lady and the Tiger, 1974, by Jerry Uelsmann
The Photographer’s Eye, 1967, by Jerry Uelsmann
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