For this assignment, I chose to find inspiration in the photography of David Hockney. Hockney was born in 1937 in Bradford, England (one hour from where I grew up, in Sheffield). His career includes painting, printmaking, photocollage, and theater. He is one of the more influential British artists of the last century.
Hockney was interested in space and perspective. He said, “We do not look at the world from a distance; we are in it, and that’s how we feel.” He explored how multiple perspectives, rather than a single perspective, more closely match the human eye. In this way, the viewer becomes part of his art, not simply an “onlooker.”(https://www.artsy.net/show/stpi-david-hockney-a-matter-of-perspective)
Here are several examples of his work:
These examples shows Hockney’s fascination with movement. He said, “It’s our movement that tells we’re alive.” He called his square Polaroid collages like these ‘joiners.’ In his own words: “If you put six pictures together, you look at them six times. This is more what it’s like to look at someone.” There is a Cubist influence of distorted perspective. (https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/david-hockney-photographs/)
In addition, I drew some inspiration from this image by Bruce Nauman, which also captures movement:
Here are my five images inspired by Hockney and Nauman.
Boys is made from a collage of the faces of four of my sons and my husband. All five faces are equally represented. It’s been interesting to see them debate who the collage most looks like overall. The faces are mismatched, but there’s a sameness that brings them together.
Winters on the Farm is a collage of eight HDR images of a scene in State College, PA. All these views are shot within close distance of each other. I combined them into a single scene. Winter is the necessary condition for spring to occur.
Homework is a collage of eight different perspectives of the same activity. This image represents the process of gathering information into a person’s mind to create knowledge.
Coming and Going represents movement back and forth: the constant cycle of progress.
PhotoChronologies 