42 Quotes by Jerry Uelsmann

I've learned over the years that when you get a clue to another possibility to follow it through...

Editions made sense when people worked with engravings where the plate wore down as prints were made. An early number of the edition had slightly better quality. But that's not the case with photography. To me, it's a false way of creating value.

I'm really very concerned with helping to create an attitude of freedom and daring toward the craft of photography.

The camera is a fluid way of encountering that other reality

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.

I try to begin working with no preconceived ideas.

Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself,

My visual quest is driven by a desire to create a universe capable of supporting feelings and ideas.

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.