Hockney PhotocollageDavid Hockney pioneered the photocollage. Using varying numbers of small Polaroid snaps or photolab-prints of a single subject Hockney arranged a patchwork to make a composite image. Because these photographs are taken from different perspectives and at slightly different times, the result is work that has an affinity with Cubism, which was one of Hockney's major aims—discussing the way human vision works.
These photomontage works appeared mostly between 1970 and 1986. He referred to them as "joiners". He began this style of art by taking Polaroid photographs of one subject and arranging them into a grid layout. The subject would actually move while being photographed so that the piece would show the movements of the subject seen from the photographer's perspective. In later works Hockney changed his technique and moved the camera around the subject instead. (SOURCE: Wikipedia 20/12/10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hockney) |
 Pearlblossom Highway, David Hockney |
Student photocollagesView the photocollage gallery (right).
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