Other Realities [Hardcover]

Jerry Uelsmann (Author), Peter C. Bunnell (Author), Paul Karabanis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 9, 2005

Rediscover the work of an acknowledged American master whose influence has been immeasurable but is only now beginning to be fully understood and appreciated.Jerry Uelsmann is a modern master of photography, one of a select group of artists who can be said to have altered the very language of their medium. By synthesizing his photographs from multiple negatives starting in the 1960s, Uelsmann broke rank with the prevailing aesthetic of the period and pioneered a new approach that would influence countless artists and photographers and anticipate the digital-image revolution by a generation. OTHER REALITIES showcases a personal selection of Uelsmann+s most compelling images from the early 1960s to the present. An accessible and insightful foreword by photography critic and historian Peter C. Bunnell, and a preface by Paul Karabinis, director of the University Gallery of South Florida, open the book.

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"This long overdue monograph features glorious visual meditations that offer an escape from our everyday reality." -- B & W magazine, October 2005

About the Author

Jerry Uelsmann's long and celebrated career has been closely intertwined with the history of photography in our time. Born in Detroit in 1934, he studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Indiana University. Uelsman began teaching at the University of Florida in 1960 and has been a graduate research professor there since 1974. He has recently retired from teaching and continues to photograph and lecture about his work. Past books include Jerry Uelsmann: Photo Synthesis and Uelsmann: Process and Perception. He lives with his wife, artist Maggie Taylor, in Gainesville, Florida.

Peter Bunnell is one of our foremost experts on photography. For thirty years he was McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art at Princeton University, where he also served as faculty curator of photography at the university's art museum.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch; First edition (September 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821257420
• ISBN-13: 978-0821257425
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 0.6 x 12.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Black & White

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a beautiful and thought provocative book..., October 31, 2005

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Leighton Mcwilliams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Realities (Hardcover)

When I was a photo student in the mid 70's, my teacher dutifully put several of us in his car and took us to our first real art show and artist's talk. Fortunately for me, the artist was Jerry Uelsmann. He continues to inform the current generation of students and working artists alike. His work is other-worldly in both a technical and in a conceptual sense- you will be wowed on several fronts.
This book contains recent and early work- the sensibility running through the decades is distinctly Uelsmann. Early or late, the work is masterful. Fortunately, it's a large book so you get to see these images in a scale similar to actual prints.
You need a Jerry Uelsmann book in your library and this is a great volume.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It just doesn't get better than this, October 31, 2005

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Richard K. Lane "Dick Lane" (Arlington, Tx USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Realities (Hardcover)

There are not many photographers working today who can be said to have truly had an influence on the history of the photographic medium. Jerry Uelsmann is one of the rare photographers whose work is not only visually exciting and provocative but is also thoughtful. This gorgeously printed book has some of his best known early works and many wonderful new images that are a testament to his continued creativity and love of the possibilities inherent in the medium of photography. "Other Realities" is an excellent addition to my library and it just doesn't get any better than this.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, August 8, 2006

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Priscilla A. Campbell "Published Poet" (Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Realities (Hardcover)

I first saw Jerry Uelsmann's work in the sixties when we were stranded in a Chicago Airport by a snowstorm, waiting for the same commuter plane. He was in his late twenties then and carrying a portfolio of his work. As we talked, he shared it with me. I knew I was in the presence of artistic genius immediately. Already, I discovered, he was well known in the art work with major exhibits in known galleries. Not only did the content of his montages excite me but, but, being an amateur darkroom photographer at the time, I had some vague sense of the skill involved in his final productions. We were friends for a number of years and lost touch, but I've kept up with his work because I still admire it so deeply. This book is a treasure and I recognize some montages from the sixties in it, as well. Jerry is not only creative, but he's an interesting lecturer and funny, besides. The child in him will never die. I suspect that's one big reason he's so good. I would highly recommend any of his books, and this is one!