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I think probably something big can be done with cameras, I'm not saying, er, I'm saying chemical photography's finished, that means you can't have a Cartier Bresson again, you need never believe pictures.

David Hockney

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