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Photo-Transformation, September 11, 1973
Creator
Lucas SamarasAmerican Photographer · 1936–2024
All works by this person →Lucas Samaras was already known as a sculptor, painter, and performance artist when he began experimenting with photography. In his early work, which includes multi-media assemblages, he often included images of himself. The persistent use of himself as a subject has led one critic to remark that "Samaras's almost obsessional self-observation extends past narcissism toward a physical understanding
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- September 11, 1973
- Medium
- Polaroid SX-70 dye diffusion print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 9d8da6d7-9379-45a3-acdb-99cceb789c3a
From the Getty Museum record
Manipulated self-portrait of Samaras standing nude in front of a wall. He is posed with one arm raised and the other palm stretched out in front of him. There is a chair beside him and he is wearing flip-flop sandals. Blue ink lines have been drawn to cover the wall and Samaras.
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