(June 11, 1934 – Present)

Jerry N.

Uelsmann

Jerry Uelsmann’s Background

• Born in Detroit, Michigan• Received B.F.A. at Rochester

Institute of Technology in 1957• Began teaching photography in at

University of Florida in Gainsville in 1969

• Became graduate research professor of art at U of F in 1974

Famous Works

• Date of Photo– 1990

• “The room itself had a strange, timeless quality to it.”

Famous Works

• Alpha Tree– 2002

• Does not seek to create narratives, but rather allegorical surrealist imagery of the unfathomable.

Famous Works

• Defining Light– 2009

• “Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.”

Famous Works

• Untitled– 2009

• It's actually an image that I worked on for several days. It took a lot of versions until I got to that final version.”

Famous Works

• Place of Several Mysteries– 2008

• “The final image need not be tied to a single negative, but may be composed of many.”

Famous Works• Variation to Elusive Muse

– 2008•       “It's loaded with all

sorts of clues that someone could build a story around. It's very dreamlike. I've told people for many years now that I like the idea that the images are obviously symbolic, but not symbolically obvious. There's not some secret formula to figure out what they mean.”

Favorite Work of Photography

• Untitled– 1997

• Favorite because:– Admire the art of

double exposure– Choice of value and

shadowing is very mystique and intriguing

– This kind of photography amuses me.

References

• http://www.uelsmann.net/

• http://thinkexist.com/quotes/jerry_uelsmann/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Uelsmann