Jerry Uelsmann's Process In The Dark Classroom

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The work of Jerry Uelsmann explores and pushes the traditional boundaries of photography. For example, all of Uelsmann’s work is completed in the dark room. While other photographers in this era would use the darkroom just for printing purposes, Uelsmann used the darkroom as a place to express his creativity and manipulate his photos. According to the interview conducted in Black & White Magazine, Uelsmann is “A true darkroom alchemist, he combines light, chemistry and the base material of silver to conjure marvelous dreamscapes rich in symbolic and psychological meaning.” This quote helps explain Uelsmann’s process in the darkroom. Uelsmann said himself in an interview with Black & White Magazine about his process, “Realizing I had further