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Cliffs with human figure walking along ridge.
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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)
Date1972
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 12 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (31.4 x 22.5 cm)
board: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.20
Collections
Visual DescriptionCliffs with human figure walking along ridge.
A black and white composite photograph. in the foreground is a thick chain rests in a grassy field. In the middle distance, a figure stands on a cliff edge overlooking water. The sky resembles a rippled water surface where a glowing human figure floats among sparkling lights.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A black and white composite photograph of a nude woman lying on her back in the foreground. Her torso visually merges into a rushing river that cascades over a rocky cliff into a deep, forested granite mountain valley.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph of semi-translucent classical statues. The interacting figures overlay a faint ornate building facade bearing a mounted stag head and a beach with a tiny walking silhouette. Large clouds fill the sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph of a broad, tree-lined path. The left side is inverted, featuring a glowing white figure painting at an easel in darkness. The right side shows dark silhouettes of people walking and painting.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1977
Nude female figure walking on water.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
Silhouette figure walking on water amidst tree branches.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1985
A black and white composite photograph. The lower half displays heavily cracked and shattered concrete revealing bare dirt. The upper half features a blurred, silhouetted figure walking on a sandy beach alongside the ocean under a streaked, cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black-and-white composite photograph. The top half features dark, silhouetted trees draped in hanging moss. Below, a smooth, tightly curled human figure rests within swirling white foam among jagged dark rocks.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1971
A sepia composite photograph of a bed beside a window in a wood-paneled room. The dotted bedsheet is wrinkled into the shape of a reclining human figure with defined hands and a dark, triangular patch of pubic hair.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1977
A black and white composite photograph of large glass museum display case containing taxidermy antelopes and a zebra. A solid black silhouette of a standing human figure occupies the left side of the enclosure among the animals.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1978
Black and white composite photograph. Above, bare trees line a flat field with a small distant figure. Below, a wooden floor features a secured trapdoor. A single, large human eye is visible on the surface of the trapdoor.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994

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