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Lucas Samaras American, born Greece
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In his experimental self-portraits, Lucas Samaras manipulated a familiar photographic process to uncanny effect. Taking advantage of the wet emulsion of instant Polaroid prints, he used his hand or a stylus to manipulate the dye while the picture developed, deforming his own physical features in the process. Identity in his work is malleable.
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