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Blind man, with a sign pinned to his shirt, playing music through a neighborhood in Gainesville.
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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Artist Jerry Uelsmann (American, 1934 - 2022)
Date1960-1961
Place of originGainesville, Florida, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8 x 11 3/8 in. (20.3 x 28.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by The David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment
Object number2014.47.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlind man, with a sign pinned to his shirt, playing music through a neighborhood in Gainesville.
Portrait of Jerry Uelsmann –“Jerry and his tree”
Dr. Giuliano De Portu
2016; print: 2022
A black-and-white composite photograph of a broken, multi-paned window in a wooden clapboard wall. Intact glass reflects a leafy tree. Inside the dark interior, two figures in dark shirts are partially visible through the shattered lower panes.
Jerry Uelsmann
1967
Untitled
American Artist
c. 1945
Portrait of Hiram Williams in front of one of his paintings.
Jerry Uelsmann
1961
A black and white composite photograph. Two hands tear through a flat surface in the foreground. Behind them, rows of empty wooden benches recede into shadow. Above hangs a draped fabric canopy displaying a cloudy sky with a bright sunburst.
Jerry Uelsmann
1982
A black and white composite photograph of a beach. Two large footprints mark the foreground sand. In the distance, a silhouetted figure walks on the ocean in a bright sunlit reflection. Above, a bird flies against sunbeams piercing through dark clouds.
Jerry Uelsmann
1985
A black and white composite photograph of a cloth-draped armchair sitting against a rough rock wall beside a dark window frame through which the Statue of Liberty is visible. To the right, a dirt path lined with bare trees curves away into the distance beneath a pale sky.
Jerry Uelsmann
1988
A black and white composite photograph of a prominent granite mountain dome rising in the distance. Thick, dark, swirling clouds dominate the foreground, illuminated by a bright light bursting through their center. Scattered clouds dot the bright sky above.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph of dark lace-up shoes floating above a wide, reflective metal slide. At the top of the incline, a silhouetted figure faces away toward a bright sun bursting through a cloudy sky.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
Black and white composite photograph. A small human figure runs along the bottom left. Thin, dark, ink-like tendrils rise upwards through a cloudy, swirling background. A large dark circle floats in the upper right corner.
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
Black and white composite photograph. Bright light enters a dark stone room through an open doorway with a pair of shoes floating near the entrance. The wall features a cherub mural, and a faint face overlays the floor.
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
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