David Hockney on Photography - Why Cameras Get It Wrong
I've always found it fascinating how David Hockney on photography has such a complicated, almost argumentative relationship with the medium. Most people see a photograph as the ultimate "truth"—a slice of reality frozen in time—but Hockney has spent decades trying to prove that it's actually a bit of a lie. To him, the camera is a limited tool because it doesn't see the way we do. It's too fast, too flat, and honestly, a bit too boring for someone who wants to capture the vibration of real life. ...