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Black and white composite photograph. A textured sphere with an attached cord rests on a sandy surface. Behind it, a person stands near large stone pillars with Egyptian carvings. The upper half features a swirling, cloud-like texture.
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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)
Date1994
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 19 7/8 x 16 in. (50.5 x 40.6 cm)
image: 19 1/8 x 15 in. (48.6 x 38.1 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.129
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white composite photograph. A textured sphere with an attached cord rests on a sandy surface. Behind it, a person stands near large stone pillars with Egyptian carvings. The upper half features a swirling, cloud-like texture.
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
Ghostly hands on a book in the foreground; crow/raven standing in midground; twisting pillars leading to Romanesque building with clouds atop, and figure at center in the distance.
Jerry Uelsmann
2004
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1983
A black-and-white composite photograph. The top half features dark, silhouetted trees draped in hanging moss. Below, a smooth, tightly curled human figure rests within swirling white foam among jagged dark rocks.
Jerry Uelsmann
1971
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. 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 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
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
A black and white composite photograph of a large, open hand facing upward. A smaller hand rests emerges from an opening it its palm. The upper portion depicts dark, shallow water covering smooth stones, with bright, blurred light reflecting across the surface.
Jerry Uelsmann
1988
A black and white composite photograph. The lower half displays heavily cracked and shattered concrete revealing bare dirt. The upper half features a blurred, silhouetted figure walking on a sandy beach alongside the ocean under a streaked, cloudy sky.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1985
Black and white composite photograph. A vertically mirrored image of a large, gnarled tree with twisting branches. A face from an Egyptian sculpture is embedded within the center of the trunk. The tree stands on sloping, rocky terrain.
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
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