# What's the name of this photographer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-photographer/360143>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 10, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-photographer/360143 "2006-06-10T00:51:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-photographer/360143/1 "2006-06-10T00:51:06Z")

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Modern fellow, still working . . . He does surrealist landscape and architecture photos, b/w . . . Bizarre images of old buildings melting into tree roots . . . That sorta thing . . . Ring a bell with anyone? It’s driving me nuts, as the pirate said.

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-photographer/360143/2 "2006-06-10T01:07:10Z")

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Jerry Uelsmann (the picture you mention is on the home page).

[http://www.uelsmann.com/](http://www.uelsmann.com/)

Some very cool stuff.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-photographer/360143/3 "2006-06-10T01:16:31Z")

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_Thank_ you! I’m in the market for some new artwork for my new apartment, and I’m going to see if I can buy some prints of his work.

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-photographer/360143/4 "2006-06-10T01:16:41Z")

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Oh, there’s a somewhat similar guy,  
[Scott Mutter](http://www.photographymuseum.com/mutter/scottmutterNewGallery.html). The ‘escalator + ocean’ one has been reprinted a lot.

I don’t like Scott Mutter as much, though - his montages seem to just be juxtapositions that are only slightly interesting (“Let’s stick a revolving door on a tombstone!”). They somehow aren’t as evocative for me as Uelsmann’s work (even if it is rather Dali-esque, I like Dali).

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-photographer/360143/5 "2006-06-10T01:18:22Z")

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Hmmm . . . Looking at his web site, he is astronomically out of my price range . . .