Photographer No.2- David Hockney

I have chosen David Hockney as one of my photographers  as i like his approach to multiple imagery which is similar to the photo joiner technique which i am familiar with. This photographs that he has created capture one subject or landscape however they have been re arranged either to make a photo joiner or a multiple imagery grid. This creates a sense of distortion which i feel is unique and effective compared to other photographers.  I really do like his technique because although it is showing one subject, it can be broken down in to smaller section which are shown through the different squares in the grid or photo joiner. 

This image created by David Hockney uses a multiple imagery grid to divide its contents into smaller section and a photo joiner technique in order to bring the photograph together to created a multiple imagery piece. The audience can see an old man sitting in a chair and because he is  alone and not really doing anything, this allows the audience to interpret the photograph as they look at it. The use of the tilling effect is a alternative editing technique to use to take a Multiple Imagery grid and make it look unique to other photographer work. The photo joiner techniques can also be seen in this photograph as each square does not match together perfectly. The colours within the image again, remain quite neutral and the image is intriguing due to the slight colour that has been added to the image in small sections which allows them to stand out slightly from the rest. 

 This second photograph created by David Hockney is a photo joiner piece of a  small town containing building, roads, cars and trees. This photo joiner has been created by by taking detailed close up of all the different element within tis town. Then they have been placed back to together to create one image. The fact that the smaller images do not match up perfectly shows that this is a photo joiner as this something which is part of this technique. In the centre of the image is the road which appear to become narrower, the further away that it becomes. This allows the audience to interpret where the may lead and whether thats where it ends. Lastly it is clear that neural colours have been used so that the images does not look too busy therefore effecting the overall photograph.

This third photograph by David Hockney is a photo joiner of  a portrait of an old woman. This has been created by taking various photograph at different angles and perspectives of the woman so that when it is put back together the audience are able to see 180 degrees shot of the women rather than just the front of her face which can be seen in a normal portrait. Also by using this technique the audience are able to see different facial features in more detail as each small section shows a different element of her face which the audience can then choose individual section in which they would like to look at. 

This last photograph by David Hockney shows a Multiple Imagery piece which also has elements of photo joiner involved which is similar to the first photograph which can be seen above. The images have been taken and placed back together i a form of sequence of one person swimming in a pool, however  they do not perfectly match together to what the original image must have looked like. This is where the element of a  photo joiner can be seen. These images have been taken of one person but  from different perspectives and angles therefore when the images are placed together and show an abstract scene of the water. This image shows a person that is swimming through the pool and they can be seen at lots of different points throughout the image which makes the image look distorted as the same person can be seen in loads of different places. 

I was influenced by this photographers work as i would to apply his technique to my own work. However i may begin by doing photo joiner and multiple imagery grid separately and then if i like the outcome, i will think about combining them together like David Hockney does. Also i would take on board the use of neutral colours as it is obvious from David Hockney's work that this is important because otherwise the photograph will begin took look too busy which will effect the main focus of the photograph.

Overall i really like David Hockney's approach to multiple imagery and is definitely something  which i would like to look at applying to my own work. I like how he is able to bring together various different shot which then resemble one subject or place. However i also like how he created a sense of distortion in his photographs by each section not matching up perfectly which gave the photograph the photo joiner look.