Hockney Joiner
Research
David Hockney, born 9 July 1937, is best known for his photography, painting, print making and set design. Probably his best well known style is photo collages (Hockney Joiners). He originally used a Polaroid camera to take photos of different parts of the overall picture from different angles , and then arranged the photos in the right places. This work resembled 'Cubism' which is style of art where a subject is seen from different angles, in the same picture.
David Hockney is the photographer. The photos for the collage were taken over 8 days ( 11th-18th April 1986). This photo is called Pearblossom highway, as that is where all the photos were taken. It is a photo collage. This means that lots of photos were taken of different parts of the image then the photographer (David Hockney) put them all together to create one big collage. All the smaller photos are realistic as they were taken at the actual road, however because they were all taken from different angles and distances, when the photos are put together it creates a picture that looks distorted. The photo is in colour an is low contrast as all of the photo is quite bright. Because you can see the separate photos, it sort of gives the photo an almost 3D effect. The photo was staged and taken outside. The photo was taken during the day, even though you cannot see the sun. David used 800 separate photos to make this collage which is why you can see the lines of the separate photographs. the photographer would have had to consider that, because the photos were taken over 8 days, that some days could have been brighter than others. but you can see in the photo that some photos are more exposed than others. for example, the 'stop ahead' sign at the right of the photo. I really like this photo, as the fact that its lots of smaller photos, gives it a really cool effect and its very different.
David Hockney took this photo in 1985. This is another example of a 'Hockney Joiner'. David has taken smaller photos of the chair from different angles, and put them together. The photo looks unrealistic, even though the subject is realistic. The whole chair is distorted as all the photos have been put together, to make there chair look like that's how it should be. The whole photo is exaggerated as we don't see a chair from all those angles at the same time. The photo was staged, as we would not see a chair like that normally so David would have had to have taken different photos from different angles and put them together. The photo was taken outside during the day. We can tell this because of the lighting. The photograph is distorted because its lots of different photos of a chair but together to make it look like that chair actually exists. The photographer would have had to consider the fact that the lighting would be different in each of the photos.
This was taken in Paris by David Hockney. It is very similar to the first photo I spoke about , called Pearblossom highway.
All research images are from Google images
All research images are from Google images
This is my 1st attempt at a Hockney Joiner
For my Hockney Joiner I took lots of photos of the flowers from different angles. I chose this subject because it has a rounded shape so the edges of the subject fit together quite well. I also zoomed in on some photos so that you can see some of the flowers a bit closer. The photo isn't a realistic depiction because you wouldn't see the whole of the subject like you do in this photo. The wall around the flowers is shaped like a semi circle, so I tried to recreate that shape with the photos. The photograph was staged as I had to take lots of photos so I could fit them together. To get the effect I printed out the separate photos and them arranged them how I wanted them. I then scanned the finished collage to the computer.
2nd Image
For this I took photos of the bench from different angles and distances. Because there was a gap where the 2 photos joined I took a close up of all the holes on the bench. I could have taken another image to fit the space but at the time I didn't think there would be a gap.
3rd Image
For this example I took a few photos of a bin from different angles and put them together. I added the wheels from 2 other photos, so that you could see them better. This isn't my favourite version of a Hockney Joiner because I'm not too happy about the way it turned out. I think I could have taken more photos from lower down so that you would be able to see all of the bin