About the artist

Jerry Uelsmann (1934-2022) pioneered the art of multi-layered imagery years ahead of anyone else. He used only his own negatives from the pictures that he shot, and did this often without a specific composition in mind.

Jerry was best known for his black and white images that he layered skillfully without the use of Photoshop. His photographs combined several negatives to create his landscapes that mixed images of trees, rocks, water and human figures in new and sometimes unexpected ways.

Jerry's work was hard to describe. His photographs were often referred to as dreams or surrealism. His work had a likeness to listening to music and experiencing feelings and emotions, so that when you looked at his pictures you were immersed in feeling. From his experimentation in his darkroom, new ideas came. It was here that one had to learn to trust their feelings and go with the flow.

He believed the appeal of his photographs could be defined as "something beyond language that connects one with aesthetic experiences such as music."