Think Hockney

Today in class we watched a video on David Hockney and the way his visions become a reality in a final product. All I could think the entire time was, I love the way he thinks and I love the way he works.

He went through the motions of deciding on what to photograph, and thought about it for a long period of time. Slowly making his way to finally photographing the event, and filming the event to show a difference in photo and video. He then, because of the time he was doing this, had to take the film to a one-hour photo service to develop his film. Sadly they messed up two rolls, but hey it happens. I know it happened to me a couple times when I was first getting into photography, a roll of film gets messed up and you move on. He did great at moving on. He worked with what he had. Even a note left by the man who developed the film and messed up the two rolls he incorporated into the final project. 

Overall, like I said in the beginning, I absolutely love the way he thinks about his subjects. I want to think more like Hockney. I like that he used to think, exhibitions of photos weren't a big deal. Then did an experiment with a grid of Polaroids and got inspired. A new way of thinking of photography. Creating a scene with not just one photo but multiple photos with each other. Photos that don't just show a person in one perspective or one emotion but multiple emotions. 

Today, I am very much feeling inspired by David Hockney.

Here is the link to the video that we watched in class today. Enjoy!