Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry N. Uelsmannis an American photographer, and was the forerunner of photomontage in the 20th century in America...
Jerry Uelsmann quotes about
amaze becomes greatest hope possibilities
Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy.
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.
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 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.
self photographer
All knowledge is self-reflective.
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.
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.
photography creative celebration
The creative process can sustain itself throughout the entire celebration of photography.
simple phones cells
The simple act of having a camera, not a cell phone, but a camera-camera, there’s a kind of a heightened perceptional awareness that occurs. Like, I could walk from here to the highway in two minutes, but if I had a camera, that walk could take me two hours.