Hobbies, Ben

I took this photo one night when I was looking around my room and taking out possessions that reflect my hobbies and interests. I love collecting comic books and I have for years. I put out a row of them on my floor with them sort of layered over each other. I like how it looks with the covers contrasting each other.

David Hockney Montage

I think we were pretty confused as far as the scenery we wanted to create. We wanted to create something very surreal using the scene of the ramp as a sort of base. I think we were successful in the surreality, but not in the object of the project. I learned how important it is to keep things simple, focus on not so many ideas at once, and to completely think something through before I try to create it.

Portraits

I laughed as I took this photo of Tucker laying on a bench. I used the technique of putting my subject out of their comfort zone, which from my point of view was very humorous. Obviously the photo isn't exactly funny though. I also tried to use an unusual perspective.

This photo was a little hard to capture. It took many times to catch the perfect moment before Tucker fell down. Again with this one I put the subjects out of their comfort zone. I also like the opposites of the two subjects, Nathan on the left standing upright wearing a bright color; Tucker on the right standing on his hands and wearing a cool color.

David Hockney Collages

The Cubist Period lasted formally from 1907-1914.  Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are credited with creating the style. Ignored perspective and other classical elements of art and showed all sides of their subject. Typically it was not a realistic representation of form or texture.

David Hockney is a popular comtemporary artist from Britain. He paints, makes prints, photographs and designs. Many of his pieces show all the sides of one object or vantage point, which reflects that property of cubism. During his time at the Royal College of Art, it is likely that he was exposed to Cubist work from artists such as Picasso.