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This video, subtitled "Hockney the Photographer," is composed of a fascinating set of interviews with the artist demonstrating his "joiner" technique of creating photographic collages that vastly expand the limits of the art of the photo. Hockney says that although he took pictures for years, he always thought of the medium as inferior because it freezes just a single moment in time, whereas paintings and drawings are not subject to this limitation. In this video he shows how he came to realize that just taking a series of photographs of a simple action--here a woman coming down a flight of steps and giving her friends each a cup of coffee--and making a "joiner" of these photographs is much more vivid and interesting and provides more information than either a single still photograph or a movie. In fact, it becomes a true work of art.

The British-born artist also recreates the scenes of his famous swimming-pool paintings in the context of a discussion of his love of Los Angeles, its light and its images of the male physique which inspired him to become the painter (and photographer) of that city. He feels one cannot draw a line between his photography and his painting.

Definitely a fascinating watch. 55 minutes; color. Note: there is a small amount of full-frontal nudity from a distance.