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A symmetrical black and white composite photograph of a dark, barren landscape filled with pale, twisting dead trees. In the center distance, branches intertwine to form an upright human silhouette. A dark, splayed infant-shaped shadow rests on the foreground dirt.
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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)
Date1978
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 13 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. (33.7 x 48.6 cm)
board: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.30
Collections
Visual DescriptionA symmetrical black and white composite photograph of a dark, barren landscape filled with pale, twisting dead trees. In the center distance, branches intertwine to form an upright human silhouette. A dark, splayed infant-shaped shadow rests on the foreground dirt.
A black-and-white composite photograph of a dark landscape scattered with pale, twisting dead tree branches. In the foreground rests a large, speckled oval boulder featuring a deep, smooth indentation shaped like a curled, nude human torso.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1977
A black and white composite photograph of a leaf-strewn park. A rectangular slab rests in the foreground. A similar slab hovers among the upper tree branches with a line of dappled light beneath. A small silhouette of figure stands far left.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1988
Black and white composite photograph. A vertically mirrored image of a large, gnarled tree with twisting branches. A face from an Egyptian sculpture is embedded within the center of the trunk. The tree stands on sloping, rocky terrain.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
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
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 black-and-white composite photograph of a house and surrounding trees entirely overgrown with dense kudzu vines. A dark human silhouette stands in the doorway. In the foreground, frothy water laps a dark shore.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1982
A black and white composite photograph of a dark, mossy forest. Bright, gridded window panes hover among the trees, partially framing a dark human silhouette. In the foreground, jagged white lines radiate from beneath a small palmetto plant.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1978
A black and white composite photograph. In the rocky foreground, twisted bare branches surround an upright stone featuring a Paleolithic goddess figure carved into its surface. A massive granite mountain dome and a valley fill the background.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A symmetrical black and white composite photograph. A dark silhouette of a person stands waist-deep near the top. Below, a large, mirrored rock hovers centrally, flanked by dark, jagged shapes spreading outward across a textured light surface.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1972
A black and white composite photograph of a wet deck with a symmetrical framed structure in the center, with a blurred figure walking nearby. Left, a man in a coat leans on the deck fence. Right, a framed nude woman stands before a large dark silhouette.
Anima / Animas, Self Portrait
Jerry Uelsmann
1978
A black-and-white composite photograph of a gated stone archway crowned with white smoke. In the paved foreground rests a smooth metallic sphere, cracked open to reveal a pair of human hands emerging from within.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1983

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