6 Quotes by David Hockney about cameras

  • Author David Hockney
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    About shadows: do we see shadows? Loads of people don't. A camera will notice a shadow, but how many people have got a shadow in front of them when they take a picture and don't notice it, and then they see it in the photograph because the photograph will catch the shadow.

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  • Author David Hockney
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    I'm interested in all kinds of pictures, however they are made, with cameras, with paint brushes, with computers, with anything.

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    Great claims are being made for the photograph as truth. We are showing you things, we show you the war. I say you can't actually. The camera can't.

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    The way we see things is constantly changing. At the moment the way we see things has been left a lot to the camera. That shouldn't necessarily be.

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