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Shoreline with footsteps in the sand and female figure emerging for giant sphere.
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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)
Date1984
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50.2 x 40 cm)
image: 19 3/16 x 15 1/8 in. (48.7 x 38.4 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.75
Collections
Visual DescriptionShoreline with footsteps in the sand and female figure emerging for giant sphere.
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
Sphere in brick courtyard with emerging hands before gated entrance.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1983
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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
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
Large sphere with female silhouette in brick courtyard.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1984
Reclining nude female torso and hand on shoreline with foliage above.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph of a figure with crossed arms emerging from dark water, their face inside a large circular ripple. Brightly lit, tangled reeds occupy the foreground. Blurry tree reflections line the top edge.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1985
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1968
A black and white symmetrical image showing a path between tall, railed stone walls. A silhouetted figure stands distantly below a large, dark, floating sphere. A dark, rounded shadow lies on the path in the foreground.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
Silhouette figure and sphere outside circular room.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1983

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