{"uid":"siBUTkDdpJwU25i3","type":"artist","tags":["photography","video"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"On Photography (2020)","summary":"Photography is my medium. It is also my subject. Since my first exhibition in 1980, I have been questioning how photography works and doesn\u2019t work. In many of my projects I have appropriated existing imagery, delved into various archives of photographic and\/or cinematic practices, and\/or photographed (and filmed) myself to examine these issues. In some ways I use myself as a surrogate for photography; by focusing the camera on myself I am, in fact, turning the spectator\u2019s gaze upon the very nature of photography. In an absurd fashion, my aim is to somehow \u201cbecome\u201d photography.\n\nWith \u201cOn Photography,\" I focus my attention on the figure and the words of the critic. Borrowing its title from Susan Sontag\u2019s seminal collection of essays from 1977, this series is a collection of quintessential quotes by iconic critics accompanied by altered historical portraits originally made by established photographers. By occupying the portraits, I have \u201cbecome\u201d 30 critics and, in so doing, twisted the meaning of their quotations to both illuminate and give substance to my own work. \n\n\u201cOn Photography\u201d is made up of 30 35.5x28 cm framed inkjet prints and a 9-minute HD video. The project exploits the decontextualized words of the various critics to construct my own manifesto - one that both justifies my approach and suggests that, if an extract of a critic\u2019s writing can be so easily co-opted, we must reconsider the authority of the quote in the absence of context.","space":"The project requires a neutral exhibition space with lighting. The photographs can be shown as a long line of framed prints using approximately 13.75 meters of running wall space or in two or three rows using roughly 6.85 meters or 4.6 meters of running wall space respectively. The video, entitled \u201cin the land of the giants the one-eyed camera is king,\u201d could be presented on a mid-size flat-screen monitor with headphones or as a small-scaled projection with a modest sound system.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"Link to video excerpt: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/387763081","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Chuck","surname":"Samuels","email":"chuck@chucksamuels.com","dni_type":"Other","dni":"S5422-030256-00 (Quebec Driver's License)","address":"2219 Belgrave","city":"Montreal","nacionality":"Canadian","country_id":"41","birthdate":"1956-02-03T05:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1956-02-03T05:00:00.000Z","telephone":"514-489-0447","web":"www.chucksamuels.com"}