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A black and white composite photograph showing a large, heavily textured spherical mass emerging from a beach. The foreground features wet, rippled sand and shallow tidal pools reflecting light. A cloudy sky hangs over a flat ocean horizon in the background.
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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)
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 19 3/16 x 15 in. (48.7 x 38.1 cm)
board: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.44
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black and white composite photograph showing a large, heavily textured spherical mass emerging from a beach. The foreground features wet, rippled sand and shallow tidal pools reflecting light. A cloudy sky hangs over a flat ocean horizon in the background.
A black and white composite photograph of a beach scene. A solid black cube rests on the sand in the foreground. A large, smooth, shaded sphere hovers in the sky above the ocean horizon. Three small, distant silhouetted figures are visible near and in the water.
Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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Jerry Uelsmann
1982
A black-and-white composite photograph featuring a suspended, heavily punctured metal rectangular plate. A single hand hangs through a lower-left hole. Below, a blurred figure stands waist-deep in the ocean. A small lightning streak descends from the plate's bottom edge.
Jerry Uelsmann
1990
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 nude woman floating horizontally in mid-air above shallow ocean water, casting a shadow beneath her. A large, bright cumulus cloud dominates the horizon over the calm sea.
Jerry Uelsmann
1986
A black and white composite photograph of a reclining nude woman spanning the bottom foreground. Behind her stretches a dark body of water and a silhouetted horizon beneath a dramatic, heavily clouded sky.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph of three large leaves floating mid-air above an ocean with a bright, sparkling reflection of sunlight on the rippling water. A cloudy sky fills the upper half.
Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A black-and-white composite photograph showing large, speckled hands loosely cupping a smooth, dark sphere. A thin stem connects the sphere to a horizon line. Below, the foreground is a field of coarse grass surrounding a rough, shallow crater.
Jerry Uelsmann
1968
A black-and-white composite photograph. Two pine trees stand left; silhouetted people gather at a stone wall right. Thin, wispy shapes float in the sky above. The foreground terrain dissolves into a swirling, textured cloud mass.
Jerry Uelsmann
1975
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph showing a deep, pitch-black trench dividing rows of concrete blocks. A smooth, glowing sphere rests within the dark foreground void. In the background is a large hill, piles of gravel, and a cloudy sky.
Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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