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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.
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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)
Date1982
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 19 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (49.5 x 36.2 cm)
board: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
mat: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.69
Collections
Visual DescriptionA 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.
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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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph featuring a three-tiered concrete base beside a calm body of water. A large, flat rectangular slab hovers suspended in mid-air directly above the base. The distant shore is tree-lined beneath a bright, cloudy sky.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1990
Black and white composite photograph. A mounted taxidermy turkey stands before a dark wall displaying the text "BOSCH * AMPERE". To the right, the shadow of a standing nude person with one raised hand is cast upon a lighter wall.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
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
Body masquerade woven(?) horizontally of woven rattan. Pig face with snout from which feathers, twine and fabric dangle. Cowrie shell eyes. Headdress of face. Earrings ? object in nose dangle from ears. Tusks extending from one side of mouth. Rows of cassowary feathers extend length of body and fringe hangs at bottom. Highlighted with earth pigment.
Pig dance costume
Iatmul
20th century
A black and white composite photograph of four interlaced hands gathered in the foreground. In the background, a dark mountain range stretches under a cloudy sky. Four uneven stones float in a line in mid-air above the distant peaks.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A black and white composite photograph of a giant strawberry floating in the foreground on a shadowed staircase. At the top of the stairs, a small, silhouetted figure stands framed by dark trees and a brilliant sunburst.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992

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