Jerry Uelsmann: Photo Synthesis [Paperback]

Jerry N. Uelsmann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 20, 1992

Jerry Uelsmann s technique of merging disparate images produces seamless, surreal compositions as emotionally and psychologically allusive as they are technically flawless. This collection represents 35 years of Uelsmann s best images.

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From Publishers Weekly

In an enlightening, authoritative foreword to this retrospective collection of Uelsmann's radical photo art, Coleman, who teaches at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, cites photomontages of 19th-century sentimentalists and Dadaists of the 1920s as important precursors to Uelsmann's work--the intermanipulation of two or more pre-imaged negatives to produce a single ``post-visualized'' print. As seen here in seamless cohesion, improbably matched images ``appear integral to the depicted scene.'' In a reverse kinship of form, four hands softly entwined contrast with four rocks suspended and forbodingly separate in mid-air; individual orbed faces are either hand-held or framed in a geographer's globe; a tiny human figure climbs the slope of a tilted drafting-board in a richly paneled chamber open to the sky. Uelsmann's originality is impressive.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida; First edition (August 20, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813011604
• ISBN-13: 978-0813011608
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,010,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars photo synthesis, January 8, 2009

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This review is from: Jerry Uelsmann: Photo Synthesis (Paperback)

comprehensive and lightweight book of one of the most brilliant photographers ever. This is the one book by Uelsmann, if you want only one, that is necessary.

13 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, October 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jerry Uelsmann: Photo Synthesis (Paperback)

This is the third book I'vepurchased by Uelsman and his work never ceases to amaze me.His vision in the darkroom is beyond anythingI've ever seen but hope to increase my knowlage by observeing his.Keep those photos comeingJerry.Your work is nothing short of brilliant!!!Thanks for shareing your work with us.