Jerry Uelsmann Jerry Uelsmann was an american photographer. He was born in 1934 and died in 2022. He was most well known for his composite images, which were when he would merge multiple photographs together to create one final image. Because digital cameras and Photoshop were not available yet, Uelsmann did all of his work in the dark room, exposing multiple negatives on the same piece of photo paper, using a line of enlargers each with a different negative on it as he went. (Wikipedia) The first image I am choosing to talk about is this one. Before I even talk about the composite part of it, I just can really appreciate this image in its most basic form for having a good balance of light and dark. It’s very clear and the contrast makes it really appealing. On top of that, it’s of course impressive how seamlessly he is able to blend images together. The house blending right into the tree trunk is really impressive, and it's also a really cool concept for an image. Additional...