JERRY UELSMANN
Jerry Uelsmann is a photographer who pioneered the art of multi layered imagery years ahead of anyone else. He used only his own negatives from the pictures that he shoots, and he says that he does this often without a specific composition in mind. Jerry Uelsmann was born at Detroit,Michigan on June 11th 1934. He is the second son of an independent grocer. He went to a public school and wasn't a keen or committed student. He showed interest in photography in his high school days.
Jerry Uelsmann enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1953. In 1957 Jerry graduated from the Rochester Institute and married Marylinn Kamischke of Detroit. Jerry married Marylinn Kamischke in 1972 but they divorced and he married F.DianeFerris in 1957. In 1957 Jerry also saw the publication of his first photograph in Photography Annual. Uelsmann entered the Indiana University 's graduate school, to study audio-visual communication. He began to work as a graduate assistant in the laboratory at Indiana University, but decided that this was not the right field for him. In 1958, he transferred to the Department of Art, where he studied in art history and worked with another student to produce a five-part photography series for a local educational television station.
Jerry went to Indiana, where he studied with Henry Holmes Smith. Henry helped to shape Jerry’s approach to photography. In 1960 Jerry graduated from Indiana with a Fine Arts degree. Soon after graduation, Uelsmann joined the University of Florida, where he began teaching photography. Jerry Uelsmann held his first major solo exhibition at the Jacksonville [Florida] Art Museum in 1963.In 1966 Jerry became an associate professor, at the University of Florida, and was elected to the board of directors of the Society for Photographic Education. Uelsmann lived and worked in Gainesville, Florida during the period of his fellowship. He built his home in Gainesville, which included a darkroom where he experimented and refined his techniques.
Right from an early age he wanted to redo photographs thats other photographers had done because Jerry thought he could do them better.As photography became part of other art forms, his photographs became more excepted. He believes that photography is both camera and computer orientated and that very few magazines are darkroom orientated. He would like to see more people using a darkroom instead of a computer, “then your photos won’t be the same as his.” He thinks the appeal of his photographs can be defined as : “something beyond language that connects one with aesthetic experiences such as music”.
Jerry Uelsmann was influenced early in his life by Harry Callahan, Frederic Sommer, Wynn Bullock and Edward Western. They gave him visions to explore. His major influence was his University Lecturer, Minor White who encouraged him to trust in his intuitive self. Minor White was a very poetic and cryptic person whom he would listen to when he talked.As soon as he put film into his camera his brain would start to see the world in a different way.
Jerry Uelsmann is a photographer who pioneered the art of multi layered imagery years ahead of anyone else. He used only his own negatives from the pictures that he shoots, and he says that he does this often without a specific composition in mind. Jerry Uelsmann was born at Detroit,Michigan on June 11th 1934. He is the second son of an independent grocer. He went to a public school and wasn't a keen or committed student. He showed interest in photography in his high school days.
Jerry Uelsmann enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1953. In 1957 Jerry graduated from the Rochester Institute and married Marylinn Kamischke of Detroit. Jerry married Marylinn Kamischke in 1972 but they divorced and he married F.DianeFerris in 1957. In 1957 Jerry also saw the publication of his first photograph in Photography Annual. Uelsmann entered the Indiana University 's graduate school, to study audio-visual communication. He began to work as a graduate assistant in the laboratory at Indiana University, but decided that this was not the right field for him. In 1958, he transferred to the Department of Art, where he studied in art history and worked with another student to produce a five-part photography series for a local educational television station.
Jerry went to Indiana, where he studied with Henry Holmes Smith. Henry helped to shape Jerry’s approach to photography. In 1960 Jerry graduated from Indiana with a Fine Arts degree. Soon after graduation, Uelsmann joined the University of Florida, where he began teaching photography. Jerry Uelsmann held his first major solo exhibition at the Jacksonville [Florida] Art Museum in 1963.In 1966 Jerry became an associate professor, at the University of Florida, and was elected to the board of directors of the Society for Photographic Education. Uelsmann lived and worked in Gainesville, Florida during the period of his fellowship. He built his home in Gainesville, which included a darkroom where he experimented and refined his techniques.
Right from an early age he wanted to redo photographs thats other photographers had done because Jerry thought he could do them better.As photography became part of other art forms, his photographs became more excepted. He believes that photography is both camera and computer orientated and that very few magazines are darkroom orientated. He would like to see more people using a darkroom instead of a computer, “then your photos won’t be the same as his.” He thinks the appeal of his photographs can be defined as : “something beyond language that connects one with aesthetic experiences such as music”.
Jerry Uelsmann was influenced early in his life by Harry Callahan, Frederic Sommer, Wynn Bullock and Edward Western. They gave him visions to explore. His major influence was his University Lecturer, Minor White who encouraged him to trust in his intuitive self. Minor White was a very poetic and cryptic person whom he would listen to when he talked.As soon as he put film into his camera his brain would start to see the world in a different way.
