Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry N. Uelsmannis an American photographer, and was the forerunner of photomontage in the 20th century in America...
amaze becomes greatest hope possibilities
Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.
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.
cameras license
The camera basically is a license to explore.
photography light remember
Photography is just light remembering itself.
photography believe computer
It's equally hard and labor intensive to create an image on the computer as it is in a darkroom. Believe me.
photography people creative
My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license to explore. There are no uninteresting things. There are just uninterested people.
photography confused
I have gradually confused photography with life.
suffering doe variation
When the entire process becomes a prescribed ritual that does not allow for spontaneous variations and reactions, the vitality of the medium and our relation to it suffers.
ideas trying preconceived-ideas
I try to begin working with no preconceived ideas.
photography moving thinking
Well, I do think, particularly the way I work, the better images occur when you're moving to the fringes of your own understanding. That's where self-doubt and risk taking are likely to occur. It's when you trust what's happening at a non-intellectual non-conscious level that you can produce work that later resonates, often in a way that you can't articulate a response to.
ideas feelings desire
My visual quest is driven by a desire to create a universe capable of supporting feelings and ideas.
photography attitude crafts
I'm really very concerned with helping to create an attitude of freedom and daring toward the craft of photography.
photography real thinking
And young people who are learning digital skills discover that the real challenge is coming up with an image that resonates, first of all, with your self and hopefully, with an audience. They can learn all these new techniques and think that they're easier to use, but creating great images isn't about the tools.