My Favourite Photographer

Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry N. Uelsmann, born on June 11, 1934, is an American photographer.

He composes his work in black and white with a vast compliment of greys and mid tones throughout.

He contrasts the organic with the artificial in almost all of his work and in most of his photos he usually has more than one focal point.

I feel like Uelsmann doesn't take his photos to depict a place, but to show different interpretations of what is in the photograph.

He says, “I am sympathetic to the current digital revolution and excited by the visual options created by the computer. However, I feel my creative process remains intrinsically linked to the alchemy of the darkroom.”

I like how he finds the darkroom the best place to work because it is a beautiful place where pictures are created.

I really love how his photography is different, unique, not like something you'd see everyday or the pictures you would normally take. When I look at his photographs I stare at them for a long time and think about the photos. They give me a certain feeling and a different feeling in every photo. His photos are usually multiple images and out of all the multiple images photographs i've seen, I think that he is the master. His photos are abundant with mystery and they are all truly beautiful.

Most people would take a look at his photographs and say that it is all digital and edited, even I thought so, but I was wrong. Uelsmann does not use any digital processes, he does his work in the dark room using multiple enlargers. He usually uses three to eight to produce one photograph.

I believe that he truly has a talent of making photographs and creating them beautifuly.