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A black and white composite photograph merging a beach and futuristic room. On the left, a glowing nude woman and dark silhouette stand on the sand. On the right, an interior structure contains a light silhouette with outstretched arms, a group of translucent stools, and a silhouette of a man seen from the back.
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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: 10 1/16 x 13 5/8 in. (25.6 x 34.6 cm)
image: 9 13/16 x 13 1/2 in. (24.9 x 34.3 cm)
mat: 16 x 20 1/8 in. (40.6 x 51.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.33
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black and white composite photograph merging a beach and futuristic room. On the left, a glowing nude woman and dark silhouette stand on the sand. On the right, an interior structure contains a light silhouette with outstretched arms, a group of translucent stools, and a silhouette of a man seen from the back.
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black-and-white composite photograph of a room with painted walls, a patterned mosaic floor, and a central daybed. A glowing cloud floats below the dark ceiling. Two faint human silhouettes appear behind a bright window.
Jerry Uelsmann
1993
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1977
Silhouette before large oak tree rooted in beach sand.
Jerry Uelsmann
1978
A black and white composite photograph of a large, upright hand with a translucent nude woman superimposed over its palm and fingers. Below the hand, bright, glowing streaks of light ripple across a dark liquid surface.
Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A black and white composite photograph with an image framed by the silhouette of two cupped hands. Inside, a small nude figure stands in a foreground of thick clouds, facing away toward a large wooden house surrounded by bare trees.
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1972
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1979
Silhouette figure and sphere outside circular room.
Jerry Uelsmann
1983
Silhouettes of five standing figures on a beach juxtaposed with a mirrored image of a large branching tree.
Jerry Uelsmann
1967-1972
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1982
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