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Uelsmann who?

by Paolo De Faveri

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted December 18, 20081,065 views13 comments
Tonight I was unlucky enough - and you all too :biggrin: - to stumble upon a clip showing that monster of creativity named Jerry Uelsmann at work. After seeing what that alien is able to do with a few negative film, photo paper and an enlarger I had only two choices:

1- take all my cameras, tripod, computer and everything else and throw it in the trash can

or

2- immediately trying to emulate him.

I chose nr.2 of course... :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Thanks for looking and please, be kind...

:wavey:
Paolo

Comments

13 comments
Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on December 18, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Ah, here's a link to Jerry Uelsmann's work. A must see!
Registered on August 29, 2007, 318 Posts, 1651 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Dayton on December 18, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Fine art, Paolo.
Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on December 19, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Paolo this is so creative. Excellent, keep it up... :smile:
Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 20, 2008 at 1:22 AM
You forgot #3: do your own thing, and better than Uelsmann!
I like some of his stuff, some of it seems cheesey to me.
As for your piece, i think it's quite nice, but i have two suggestions, very subjective of course: I would use fewer trees; 3 or 4, 3 is a very strong number and 4 gives you a nice even balance. Aside from being "lucky", seven is not very good. Second, and for me this would be key, displace the trees so that a couple are in the background (a little smaller than this) and one or two rising out of the surf closer to the fg. That would look very cool.
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on December 21, 2008 at 3:16 PM
I like this a lot! The stars are a nice added touch. :toast:
Registered on December 14, 2006, 58 Posts, 1888 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 24, 2008 at 2:34 PM
I am loving it. Blows my mind! (Yes I am a child of the 60's)
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 6, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Just had a look at Jerry's work. Some is cool, most does not float my boat. I like your creation though. Very nicely done. That said, crop off the bottom ocean part and I like it even better. I am a landscape guy, what can I say? :biggrin:
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by Pedro Bento on January 7, 2009 at 5:43 AM
Generally I don't like this kind of manipulations...but man, yours it's just AMAZING :toast:
Registered on September 2, 2007, 45 Posts, 761 Comments
Comment posted by Kent Mearig on January 8, 2009 at 1:38 AM
This is wildly entertaining. I'm glad I stumbled across it.
Registered on September 4, 2006, 237 Posts, 4748 Comments
Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on January 9, 2009 at 10:45 PM
This is amazing, nicely done, I love it!
Registered on April 7, 2007, 169 Posts, 725 Comments
Comment posted by John Williams on January 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Really cool Paolo! Congrats on the EP!
:toast:
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Duval on July 20, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Personally,

Number 1 sounds rather expensive and ultimately futile. 2. I might modify to be inspired by his photo "graphics". Its beyond photography to me, but it is ART! There are elements of this that I really like the surf and rocks . the trees that appear like etchings, but I might not have softened the clouds so much. I agree with Stan the seven trees seems a little too many, maybe even a few as one. Perhaps the most interestingly shaped one may have been a stronger image statement. These a just opinions of course aren't we all art critics anyway.
Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments
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Registered on October 31, 2009, 0 Posts, 1 Comments