Jerry Uelsmann is a constructed image photographer. He specifically plays around with black and white imagery to create a constructed image. He created these compositions before the major editing software's were a thing. He would take multiple negatives and join them together to create a beautiful black and white composition.
One of his images that stood out to me was this one shown here below:
I really like this photo because I can pick out how many different negatives Uelsmann used or may have used to create this constructed image. In this particular photo I can guess he used about 3. One for the background of the water and mountains and sky, the second for the hands, and the third for the water drop in the hands. I think it is a beautiful image and it is interesting to look at. I really like the additive of the waterdrop in the hands. I think it makes the photo more interesting and it goes along with the background that is already there.
The second photo that I found that was interesting to me was this one:
I find this photo really interesting because I wonder what type of negative Uelsmann used or captured to create these wings behind this person. I really enjoy how the person is a silhouette and it makes it seem like they are trying to be one with the birds. I assume in this constructed photo there is three negatives. One with the background being the ocean and the birds, the other being the wings behind the person, and then the final one being the figure. I like how the wings add extra imagination to what this photo could mean and I like the surreal sense to it.
Overall, I really like how Uelsmann uses random negatives he has to create a constructed image and piece it all together. I really enjoy that they are black and white too. Even though I am in a digital art class, I think black and white imagery is beautiful and can really help being a different kind of story to a photo.
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