Room #1

© Estate of Jerry Uelsmann

Room #1

Currently not on view

Room #1,

1963

Jerry Uelsmann, 1934–2022; born Detroit, MI; died Gainesville, FL
x1975-42
Uelsmann creates his surreal photographs entirely in the darkroom through a series of steps, masking and exposing different areas of photosensitive paper as he changes negatives. His process is one of montage, allowing incongruent environments, scales, and realities—a room that dissolves into clouds or an island suspended in the air—to coexist. The impact of these pictures thus lies in Uelsmann’s imaginative manipulation of photography’s ability to capture a descriptive representation of its subject.

Information

Title
Room #1
Dates

1963

Maker
Jerry Uelsmann
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
23 x 34.7 cm (9 1/16 x 13 11/16 in.) mount: 40.8 x 50.8 cm. (16 1/16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, with an anonymous matching gift
Object Number
x1975-42
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
portraits, women, rooms

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