Jerry Uelsmann: Place of Several Mysteries
Jerry Uelsmann uses dark room and multiple negatives to create his pieces of photography. In this piece, he uses mirroring in order to get a symmetrical photo. He took the background that appears to be a wall, and flipped it to show on the other half of the photo as well. In between the walls, there is a hand reaching out from the darkness. Another negative is used in order to place the man leaning on the wall on the right side. His photos show a sense of non-reality and of a viewers imagination.
Uelsmann, J. (n.d.). Museum of contemporary photography. Retrieved March 31, 2021, from https://www.mocp.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=browse&f=maker&s=Uelsmann%2C%2BJerry%2BN.&record=14
Maggie Taylor: The experience.
Maggie Taylor creates fabricated images by merging a bunch of objects into one photo. She uses photoshop in order to place each object to create the image she visualizes. Several images of butterflies were scanned in order to create this photo. A woman that appears to be glowing is wrapped in butterflies and is reaching out to let them go. The woman has a green hat on and is placed into a field of grass. The background also has a line of trees going from one end to the other. The sky has specks of white that represent stars. There are faded shades of blue and pink in the sky to mimic a galaxy of some sort. The layers of the background, woman, and butterflies all are added together in the end to form the final product.
Kirby, K. (2019, June 11). Maggie Taylor. Retrieved March 31, 2021, from https://www.westongallery.com/original-works-by/maggie-taylor
Uelsmann preceded Photoshop but never did work with it whereas his wife Maggie Taylor did not show a preference for the darkroom as you show in your examples.