David Hockney Photomontage Project

1. Reconstructing
Panoramas through
Photomontage in the
style of David Hockney

2. David Hockney, Place Furstenberg, Paris, 7,8 et 9 Août 1985 #1
Collage Photographique, 88.9 x 80 cm, Collection personnelle

3. David Hockney,
English born (1937) painter,
draughtsman, printmaker,
photographer, designer, and
considered the best-known
British artist of his generation

4. Using varying numbers (5-150) of small polaroid snaps or photolab-
prints of a single subject Hockney arranged a patchwork to make a
composite (a piece made of many parts) image.
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• Pearblossom Highway, 11-18th April 1986 #2

5. Mother I,
Yorkshire Moors,
August 1985 #1
1985

6. Breaking Forms into Shapes & CUBISM RELATION?
Because these photos
are taken from
different perspectives
and at slightly different
times, the resulting
work has an affinity
with cubist perspective
and the way human
vision works..

7. Cubism
In the early 1900s, some artists became interested in African and
Native American art. The styles of those cultures inspired
cubism.
Carafe, Jug, and Fruit Bowl, summer 1909, Pablo Picasso Violin and Palette, autumn 1909, Georges Braque

8. Cubism began in France in 1907. Pablo Picasso and George
Braque began painting figures that were made up of cubes,
spheres, cylinders, cones, and other geometric shapes.
The paintings looked like someone had cut them up and
glued them back together.

9. OPTION 1:
Straight forward images
-Keep body in one
position but move
camera top to bottom or
left to right.

14. OPTION 2: Showing image over time

19. OPTION 3: Different perspectives in one image

21. THE ASSIGNMENT:
1. Choose ONE subject to photograph so you can create a 10-15
photo David Hockney inspired artwork.
2. Consider the three different ways he took his images:
1-straight forward images
2-showing image over time
3-different perspectives in one image (See below example)

23. Tips for taking pictures:
• Choose one interesting subject to photograph (can be anything
and should be photographed during the day to get the best
possible lighting and colors).

24. • Standing in one area zoom your camera into the subject and
begin taking photos of different parts of the subject.
• It is very important that you do not change your location
too much and do not change the camera’s zoom as this will
make the pieces not fit together properly.

25. Tips for taking pictures… Continued:
• All 40+ pictures should be taken in one sitting as different
times of day will create different lighting.

26. Tips for taking pictures…
Continued:
• Take more pictures than you think you need to prevent
missing areas in your finished artwork.
• Make sure to include the area around the subject as you may
choose to include this in your final artwork.

27. • REMINDER: DUE TUESDAY!
• Bring your 40 or more pictures into class on Tuesday
• You will be learning how to collage them using
Photoshop.