Week Two Photo Critique of Hated Photograph

Lucas Samaras’s photo titled, “Photo Transformation” is, in my opinion, not a good photograph. I could see how Samaras could use his method of producing photographs for something much better then what he actually produced. Meaning that his manipulation of the wet dyes in polaroid’s was clever, but without having something better to manipulate it seems like a waste. Normally, even in photographs that I do not like the subject matter of, I can find something redeeming about the photos quality, however I see nothing appealing about this photograph. When looking closely at this photograph, even his quality is lacking, and there is grain all over his photograph. From the eerie and poorly done lighting, to the creepy face, to the robe, to the odd location in his house, it all just seems very amateurish. The fact that Lucas Samaras has had his work in so many art exhibitions astonishes me, because I simply do not see anything unique or eye capturing in his work. Lucas Samaras reminds me of Joel Peter Witkin because he looks as though he is trying to simply scare or disgust the viewer.