42 Quotes by Jerry Uelsmann

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.

I think of my photographs as being obviously symbolic, but not symbolically obvious.

The goal of the artist is not to resolve life's mysteries, but to deepen them.

Of course, in order to make art, the frustration of not working has to be greater than the frustration of working.

I have gradually confused photography with life.

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.

It's equally hard and labor intensive to create an image on the computer as it is in a darkroom. Believe me.

Photography is just light remembering itself.

The camera is a fluid way of encountering that other reality.