In this studio interview, Chuck Close considers his artistic process, his obsession with photography and his technique of recycling imagery. Close reveals how his own personal face blindness drove him to make portraits from flat photographs as a method of preserving and cataloguing the faces of his friends and family. Close discusses how his painting has evolved, with each picture providing a starting point for the next, and how a sense of 'personal urgency' drives his extraordinary work.
Duration: 11:44
