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Three silhouette figures in clouds; one with window on back; one standing on open palm.
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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)
Date1985
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 16 x 19 3/4 in. (40.6 x 50.2 cm)
image: 13 x 19 9/16 in. (33 x 49.7 cm)
mat: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.83
Collections
Visual DescriptionThree silhouette figures in clouds; one with window on back; one standing on open palm.
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1980
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1989
A black and white composite photograph of dark, rippling water reflecting light. A silhouetted figure stands left. A glowing nine-pane window floats amid swirling clouds in the center. A white bird flies in the dark upper right corner.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1985
A black and white composite photograph of three Medieval or Renaissance painted figures with ridged halos beneath bright clouds. On the left, a cloaked woman holds a child. On the right, the figure extends a hand beneath a rough rock floating in mid-air.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph. A pair of dark shoes float above a reflective hardwood floor. Behind, an illuminated, multi-paned dormer window is surrounded by billowing clouds and bright, radiating sunbeams.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1992
Black and white composite photograph. A reclining nude woman's torso merges into a landscape of clouds, a mountain lake, and a tiny standing figure. Her long hair flows downward, fading into a luminous band of clouds on a dark background.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A black and white composite photograph of a forest path lined with bare trees. The ground is completely covered by thick, rolling clouds. In the foreground, a nude woman lies on her back among them, hands on her chest.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1991
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.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1993
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
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
Windows, male bust silhouette and floating baby.
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Jerry Uelsmann
1979
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

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