Approaching the Shadow

Approaching the Shadow by Jerry N. Uelsmann. First edition (2000). First impression. Large format hardback in as new condition. Signed by Jerry N. Uelsmann to title page. Soft pushing to bottom rear edge. No other markings. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

About Approaching the Shadow

So, in this important addition to the literature available on a major figure of contemporary American photography, Uelsmann presents 57 photographs spanning his 40 year career. Many never before published, each photograph stands for "those dark and evocative images that emerge from just beyond the threshold of conscious understanding," (author). Beautifully printed in duotone on Japanese matte paper.

Artist Bio

Born in Detroit on June 11, 1934, Jerry Uelsmann received his B.F.A. degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1957 and his M.S. and M.F.A. at Indiana University in 1960. He began teaching photography at the University of Florida in Gainesville in 1960 (“my first job offer”). Then, he became a graduate research professor of art at the university in 1974, and is now retired from teaching. He lives in Gainesville, Florida. Uelsmann received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1972. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a founding member of The Society of Photographic Education and a former trustee of the Friends of Photography. Uelsmann’s work has been exhibited in more than 100 individual shows in the United States and abroad over the past thirty years.

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