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But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember, meaning, you had to remember what you've taken. Now you could see it of course, with a digital thing, but remember in 1982 you couldn't.

David Hockney

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David Hockney
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 9
Collagist
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Lithographer
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Bradford
Yorkshire
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