Before There Was Photoshop, These Photographers Knew How to Manipulate an Image
Jerry Uelsmann and other artists manually blended negatives to produce dreamlike sequences
- By Paul Bisceglio
- Smithsonian magazine, May 2013
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(© Jerry N. Uelsmann)
Uelsmann has a particular taste for surreal landscapes, such as the 1969 image above. “When people see my work, if their first response is ‘how did he do it?’ that’s when I’ve failed,” he says. “I don’t mind that being the second response, but I want the first response to be some authentic emotional response, like ‘gee that’s weird.’ I’m not trying to communicate something hidden. I like images that sustain their mystery.”
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Comments (3)
The single photo representing the exhibit is in "Exhibitions/On Tour" on NGA's site, along with a most inflammatory, hackneyed and small-minded comment describing the exhibit: "...photography is—and always has been—a medium of fabricated truths and artful lies." I wonder how they feel about photojournalism?
Posted by James Stasiak on May 6,2013 | 12:05 AM
Thank you for exhibiting Mr. Uelsmann's photographs. I saw his work exhibited at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA and it is wondeful to behold. See these works of extroadinary sensitivity.
Posted by Christine Bertoni on April 27,2013 | 07:21 AM
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/faking.shtm Dead link
Posted by atye on April 26,2013 | 01:59 PM