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Fact: Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor are (or were in his case) photography world royalty. The work of these widely collected image-makers hangs in major museums around the globe, including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Gallery of Art,Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum; and the Royal Photographic Society and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
In memory of Jerry Uelsmann (June 11, – April 4, ), Slate Gray South presents “Doorways of Ominous Portent,” featuring the work of the former husband and wife team married for 25 years (until ).
“I have gradually confused photography with life and as a result of this I believe I am able to work out of myself at an almost precognitive level,” Jerry Uelsmann once told Telluride Inside.. and Out.
Uelsmann, Waterfall Figure Yosemite,
Taylor, The Weight of the World.
Heirs to the Surrealist tradition the s and s, Uelmann’s black-and-white composites and Taylor’s computer-generated color montages sport improbable juxtapositions that reveal subconscious impulses, the world of dreams, mysticism, and Jungian archetypes from the collective unconscious.
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Doorways of Ominous Portent | Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor: Exhibition Opening | July 7th, pm
In memory of Jerry Uelsmann (June 11, April 4, ), Slate Gray South presents Doorways of Ominous Portent featuring photographic works from Maggie Taylor and Jerry Uelsmann. Formerly married for 25 years until , the contemporary photography duo have a shared affinity for surrealist photomontages.
“I have gradually confused photography with life and as a result of this I believe I am able to work out of myself at an almost precognitive level.” – Jerry Uelsmann
In the s at Rochester Institute of Technology, photography professor Minor White assigned a project called “Doorways of Ominous Portent.” This very assignment was a turning point in world renowned photographer, Jerry Uelsmann’s artistic career. To Jerry, after scouring the dictionary, “doorways of ominous portent” gave insight into how photographs can function in metaphorical ways beyond what is shown in the image. Methodically dancing from enlarger to enlarger, several negatives exposing a single sheet of silver gelatin paper, Uelsmann found his time in the darkroom to be “a place for discovery, observation, and meditation.” The result &ndash