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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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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 13/16 x 15 15/16 in. (50.3 x 40.5 cm)
image: 18 x 15 1/2 in. (45.7 x 39.4 cm)
mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1997.29.131
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack 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.
A black and white composite photograph of a nude woman lying on her back in the foreground. Her torso visually merges into a rushing river that cascades over a rocky cliff into a deep, forested granite mountain valley.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1991
A black and white composite photograph. A solid black cube rests on rippling, shallow water in the foreground. The water abruptly merges into a paved plaza where a figure ascends a wide staircase toward a towering, ornate Gothic cathedral with tall spires.
Jerry Uelsmann
1980
A black and white composite photograph of a massive dark boulder resting on a rocky expanse. A tiny silhouetted figure stands beside it. A deep, jagged crevice dominates the foreground, under a sky filled with textured, puffy clouds.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
Reclining female nude floating over shallow water; shoreline of ocean; flat water with a couple of breakers; clouds
Jerry Uelsmann
1986
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.
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1985
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 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.
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.
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
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