Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry N. Uelsmannis an American photographer, and was the forerunner of photomontage in the 20th century in America...
build clues figure formula images loaded obviously people secret sorts
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.
itself quality room timeless
The room itself had a strange, timeless quality to it.
final image several took until versions worked
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.
amaze becomes greatest hope possibilities
Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.
art answers right-answers
In the arts there are many right answers.
photography eye artist
The contemporary artist...is not bound to a fully conceived, previsioned end. His mind is kept alert to in-process discovery and a working rapport is established between the artist and his creation. While it may be true, as Nathan Lyons stated, 'The eye and the camera see more than the mind knows,' is it not also conceivable that the mind knows more than the eye and the camera can see?
joy anticipation possibility
The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.
ignorance growing illusion
It is the illusion of knowledge, not ignorance, that keeps one from growing.
photography creative celebration
The creative process can sustain itself throughout the entire celebration of photography.
photography confused believe
I have gradually confused photography and life and as a result of this I believe I am able to work out of myself at an almost precognitive level.
finals photographer process
Let us not be afraid to allow for post-visualization. By post-visualization I refer to the willingness on the part of the photographer to revisualize the final image at any point in the entire photographic process.
blessed ideas photographer
The truth is that one is more frequently blessed with ideas while working.
thinking mind photographer
I think of many of my photographs as being obviously symbolic but not symbolically obvious. There isn't any specific correlation between the symbols in this image and any content that I have in mind.
meaningful art attitude
One of the major changes in attitude that occurred in the world of art as we moved from the nineteenth into the twentieth century was that the twentieth century artist became more involved with personal expression than with celebrating exclusively the values of the society or the church. Along with this change came a broader acceptance of the belief that the artist can invent a reality that is more meaningful than the one that is literally given to the eye. I subscribe enthusiastically to this.