David Hockney was born in England in 1937. His early works consisted of prints, portraits, and stage designs. In the 1980's, he accidentally created something that he called a joiner. He was taking pictures in his living room and gluing them together when he realized that all of the smaller images came together to make their own unique and skewed composition.
Joiner photography is the complete opposite of Hockney's early works. His portraits aim to capture the stillness and tranquility of the subject, while the joiners portray a sense of movement and chaos. Each smaller image inside the whole picture is taken at a slightly different time and angle, which gives the overall image a geometric and cubist look.
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Harry Callahan was born in Michigan in 1912 and died in 1999. He went to Michigan State to study engineering and then dropped out and began teaching himself photography. He took several pictures every day and spent nights making proofs, but only ever published around 6 each year. He experimented with many techniques and received the National Medal of Arts in 1966 for his works in color as well as black and white.
I like the simplicity of Callahan's pictures. They don't really have a lot in the frame, but they are still interesting and intriguing pictures. I also really like his pictures with people in them. He captures different emotions and sides to people in a very simple but profound way. |
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