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Photo-Transformation, January 22, 1974
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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- January 22, 1974
- Medium
- Polaroid SX-70 dye diffusion print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
A manipulated self-portrait of Samaras, nude and posed on a chair. He is leaning forward on the chair with one leg hooked through the back. One hand is on the back of the chair with his elbow raised up.
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