Conflict 23
In 2003, Samaras began his series of Photofictions using a Leica digital camera and Adobe Photoshop. For some of these works he photographed himself in the studio and then inserted his self-portraits into a variety of New York cityscapes. Having previously created an innovative body of work with the Polaroid camera, Samaras was attracted to the transformative power of this new technology: "The digital Leica allowed me to translate the outside world into my own world."
Artwork Details
- Title: Conflict 23
- Artist: Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria 1936–2024 New York)
- Date: 2003
- Medium: Pigmented inkjet print on paper
- Dimensions: 22 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (57.2 × 74.9 cm)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.40.15
- Rights and Reproduction: © Lucas Samaras
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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