Jerry Uelsmann

Photography

Born on June 11, 1934
Received degrees from the Rochester Institute of Technology and Indiana University (BFA, MS, and MFA)
Taught photography at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Became graduate research professor of art in 1974
Retired from teaching
Received fellowships in 1967 and 1972
Had his first solo exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art in 1967
Is a member of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
Founding member of The Society of Photographic Education
Work has been shown in more than 100 exhibits worldwide for over 30 years
Photography remains in many museums worldwide
Married and divorced three times and has son, Andrew Uelsmann
Big influencer of photomontage in the 20th century

Photography Style

Inspired by Minor White, Ralph Hattersley, and Henry Holmes Smith
Darkroom work- uses many enlargers and archive of negative photos
Lays out all the posiblilities on drafting table and brings options to darkroom
Some negatives reappear, acting as focal points and backrounds
Doesn’t try to create a story, instead, "allegorical surrealist imagery of the unfathomable"
Many entrances in his photos (gates, windows, trap doors, or ordinary doors)
Viewers interact by interpereting what’s inside
Recurring subjects like hands and notebook
Believed that through photography, he could “exist outside himself"

My Photos

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Works Cited

“IMAGERY OF THE UNFATHOMABLE.” Risekult, risekult.com/focus-on/jerry-uelsmann-imagery-of-the-unfathomable .

“Jerry Uelsmann.” Jerry Uelsmann | Artnet, www.artnet.com/artists/jerry-uelsmann/.

“Jerry Uelsmann.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Uelsmann?scrlybrkr=2cc3a9f1#.