I think of my photographs as being obviously symbolic, but not symbolically obvious. Jerry Uelsmann More Quotes by Jerry Uelsmann More Quotes From Jerry Uelsmann The camera basically is a license to explore. Jerry Uelsmann license cameras Photography is just light remembering itself. Jerry Uelsmann light photography photographer My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license to explore. There are no uninteresting things. There are just uninterested people. Jerry Uelsmann photography creative people It's equally hard and labor intensive to create an image on the computer as it is in a darkroom. Believe me. Jerry Uelsmann computer photography believe I have gradually confused photography with life. Jerry Uelsmann confused photography photographer Of course, in order to make art, the frustration of not working has to be greater than the frustration of working. Jerry Uelsmann frustration order art My visual quest is driven by a desire to create a universe capable of supporting feelings and ideas. Jerry Uelsmann desire feelings ideas The simple act of having a camera, not a cell phone, but a camera-camera, there’s a kind of a heightened perceptional awareness that occurs. Like, I could walk from here to the highway in two minutes, but if I had a camera, that walk could take me two hours. Jerry Uelsmann phones cells simple Well, I do think, particularly the way I work, the better images occur when you're moving to the fringes of your own understanding. That's where self-doubt and risk taking are likely to occur. It's when you trust what's happening at a non-intellectual non-conscious level that you can produce work that later resonates, often in a way that you can't articulate a response to. Jerry Uelsmann photography moving thinking The goal of the artist is not to resolve life's mysteries, but to deepen them. Jerry Uelsmann photographer artist goal When the entire process becomes a prescribed ritual that does not allow for spontaneous variations and reactions, the vitality of the medium and our relation to it suffers. Jerry Uelsmann vitality suffering doe Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. Jerry Uelsmann It is the illusion of knowledge, not ignorance, that keeps one from growing. Jerry Uelsmann growing photographer ignorance And young people who are learning digital skills discover that the real challenge is coming up with an image that resonates, first of all, with your self and hopefully, with an audience. They can learn all these new techniques and think that they're easier to use, but creating great images isn't about the tools. Jerry Uelsmann photography real thinking The contemporary artist...is not bound to a fully conceived, previsioned end. His mind is kept alert to in-process discovery and a working rapport is established between the artist and his creation. While it may be true, as Nathan Lyons stated, 'The eye and the camera see more than the mind knows,' is it not also conceivable that the mind knows more than the eye and the camera can see? Jerry Uelsmann eye photography artist One of the major changes in attitude that occurred in the world of art as we moved from the nineteenth into the twentieth century was that the twentieth century artist became more involved with personal expression than with celebrating exclusively the values of the society or the church. Along with this change came a broader acceptance of the belief that the artist can invent a reality that is more meaningful than the one that is literally given to the eye. I subscribe enthusiastically to this. Jerry Uelsmann attitude meaningful art I think of many of my photographs as being obviously symbolic but not symbolically obvious. There isn't any specific correlation between the symbols in this image and any content that I have in mind. Jerry Uelsmann photographer mind thinking The creative process can sustain itself throughout the entire celebration of photography. Jerry Uelsmann photography photographer creative The camera is a fluid way of encountering that other reality Jerry Uelsmann cameras reality way I try to begin working with no preconceived ideas. Jerry Uelsmann photographer trying ideas
