Jerry N. Uelsmann Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Jerry N. Uelsmann
Early Life and Education Born: June 11, 1934, Detroit, Michigan, USA Developed an interest in photography at the age of fourteen. Earned a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1957. Received MS and MFA degrees from Indiana University in 1960. Influenced by teachers Minor White, Ralph Hattersley, and Henry Holmes Smith. Artistic Development and Style Became known for photomontage, a technique he pioneered in
America during the 1960s. Developed a unique method of composite printing using multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work. Utilized up to a dozen enlargers simultaneously to create final images. His style is characterized by surrealistic, allegorical imagery exploring imagination and perception. Did not seek to create narratives but rather "allegorical surrealist imagery of the unfathomable." Continues to use traditional…
