Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it must be looked at by somebody, and any true and real depiction must be an account of the experience of that looking.


David Hockney: a retrospective (ed. Harry N Abrams Inc, 1988)

David Hockney Quotes

Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it...

Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it...

Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it...

Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it...