Pam Pritzker
Website: www.pampritzker.com
Artist Statement:
My work has evolved from photographing other people to self-portraiture. It is through photographing myself that I both perform for the lens and allow the lens to perform a dissection of myself. My self-portraiture is reactionary. The process of making self-portraits allows me to put myself under a microscope. I often enter these images with a recent life event I am exploring. The locations are selected deliberately and the gestures are a segment of a larger story. I intentionally leave enough clues behind for the viewer, permitting them to interpret my story or to create their own. Much like daily interactions, sometimes we only show parts of ourselves and at other times we allow the viewer to see everything. There are things we love about ourselves and things we despise, but most importantly each part is relevant to the whole.
Artist Statement:
My work has evolved from photographing other people to self-portraiture. It is through photographing myself that I both perform for the lens and allow the lens to perform a dissection of myself. My self-portraiture is reactionary. The process of making self-portraits allows me to put myself under a microscope. I often enter these images with a recent life event I am exploring. The locations are selected deliberately and the gestures are a segment of a larger story. I intentionally leave enough clues behind for the viewer, permitting them to interpret my story or to create their own. Much like daily interactions, sometimes we only show parts of ourselves and at other times we allow the viewer to see everything. There are things we love about ourselves and things we despise, but most importantly each part is relevant to the whole.
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