...I started photographing myself, and found that I could see portions of myself that I had never seen before. Since I face just my face in the mirror, I know pretty much what it's like. When I see a side-view I'm not used to it, and find it peculiar... So, photographing myself and discovering unknown territories of my surface self causes an interesting psychological confrontation.
Lucas SamarasThe selfie era offers a big opening: everybody can do it; nowadays even five-year-olds know how to take a nude self-portrait.
Lucas SamarasYou donโt have to say that nature is aware of your existence, that God knows you are here. The camera gives you proof that you have lived at least once.
Lucas SamarasI was my own Peeping Tom. Because of the absence of people I could do anything, and if it wasn't good I could destroy it without damaging myself in the presence of others. In that sense I was my own clay. I formulated myself, I mated with myself, and I gave birth to myself. And my real self was the product - the polaroids.
Lucas Samaras