Interview with Martin Gayford, " 'Photography is crumbling,' " The Telegraph, (18 May 2004)
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With chemical film, it was possible to alter photographs, but you had to be an expert. That's not true any more. The LA Times fired a photographer at the beginning of the Iraq War for editing two shots together. Photography is crumbling. Certainly it is for the newspapers a bit now, isn't it? There will be painting again, absolutely!
— David Hockney
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About David Hockney
David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. An important contributor to the British Pop Art of the 1960s.
About David Hockney
David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. An important contributor to the British Pop Art of the 1960s.
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