Sam Samore, 1973, at Team Gallery

Sam Samore, 'The Suicidist #11,' gelatin silver print, 1973.
Sam Samore, ‘The Suicidist #11,’ gelatin silver print, 1973.

Thirty-nine years ago, artist Sam Samore killed himself by asphyxiation, stabbing, overdose, and in an amusingly absurd twist, being buried head first in a sandbox.   Photos of these grisly, staged deaths from his 1973 ‘The Suicidist’ series and many more line the walls of SoHo’s Team Gallery recalling film stills both familiar and bizarre. (At Team Gallery’s 83 Grand Street location through October 27th).