Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print.
Chuck CloseOnce I started working with the Polaroid, I would take a shot and if that shot was good, then I'd move the model and change the lighting or whatever... slowly sneaking up on what I wanted rather than having to predetermine what it was.
Chuck CloseI never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.
Chuck CloseI have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.
Chuck Close