Chuck Samuels : Becoming Photography

Samuels, Chuck; Fontcuberta, Joan; Hakim, Mona. Chuck Samuels : Becoming Photography. Saint-Hyacinthe, Qc: Expression, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe; Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber Verlag; Longueuil, Qc: Plein Sud, 2020.

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Abstract (English)

" 'Chuck Samuels: Becoming Photography' follows an aspect of my practice in which I perform before the camera in order to examine how photography (and, to a lesser extent, cinema) works and doesn’t work. In each of the six projects I selected for the publication, I use myself as a surrogate for photography and, by focusing the camera on myself, I am actually turning the spectator’s gaze upon the very nature of photography. In an absurd but rigorous manner, I’m trying to become photography. The book addresses the following six projects: 'Before the Camera' (1991), 'Before Photography' (2010), 'The Photographer' (2015), 'After' (2020), 'On Photography' (2020), and 'The Complete Photographer' (2020). " -- Artist's website

Types:	Artists' publications > Photobook
All Contributors:	Samuels, Chuck (Author); Fontcuberta, Joan (Author); Hakim, Mona (Author); Blouin, Marcel (Prefacer); Poirier, Hélène (Prefacer); Kreft, Birte (Prefacer)
Dossier:	410 - SAMUELS, CHUCK
Collation:	133 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN:	9782924946053
Language of Publication:	English
Publishers:	Saint-Hyacinthe, Qc: Expression, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe; Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber Verlag; Longueuil, Qc: Plein Sud
Artists:	Samuels, Chuck
Event Title:	Chuck Samuels. Becoming Photography – 1991-2010 ; 2015-2020
Type:	Exhibition
Location:	Plein sud, centre d’exposition en art actuel à Longueuil (Longueil, Québec) ; EXPRESSION, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe (Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec)
Dates:	13 mars - 24 avril 2021 ; 27 février - 25 avril 2021
Keywords:	PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF PORTRAIT; REAPPROPRIATION; HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMOUR; PERFORMATIVITY; REPRESENTATION; GAZE
Copyright Statement:	EXPRESSION, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe; Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld / Berlin; Plein Sud, centre d'exposition en art actuel à Longueil; Joan Fontcuberta et Mona Hakim for their essays
Notes:	Includes a biographical note.
Related records:	Version française
Deposited by:	Editeur 2
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2026 19:46
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2026 19:46
URI:	http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/37873

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