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David Hockney - PhotomergeArtist: David Hockney

Techniques: Photomerge. What Hockney would do is take photographs with his camera (this varied from a Polaroid, to a standard film camera. He would take close up shots of the subject he was shooting. After he had done this, he would take the photographs and collage them together to create one large image.

Traditional or non-traditional: It is not a traditional way of producing a photograph.

Historical or contemporary: the techniques of collage is historical. Although, recent techniques would mean it was contemporary. Hackneys work though is still contemporary. The technique can also be done digitally on software called Photoshop, thus making the method easier to do digitally.

Where their work might be displayed: Hockney has had his work displayed in galleries and his own books of artwork. One example of his work, including the photocollages, was in October 2006 at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

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Frank Luna - ScanographyArtist: Frank Luna

Techniques: Scanography. To do this type of photography method, you must use an image copier. What you do is take a scan of whatever the subject is on the scanner. This creates the image. Scanners have a very low depth of field but are very high quality so you can get some interesting outcomes by using this method.

Traditional or non-traditional: Non-traditional. This kind of work uses non-traditional ways (using an image scanner) to take photographs.

Historical or contemporary: Contemporary. Luna is still alive and is still doing Scanography as recently as 2013. The technology behind Scanography is also still contemporary as it is still a relativity new photographic method

Where their work might be displayed: Luna has produced work for media companies in the past. Work like his though could also be seen in a photo book or even in a gallery dedicated to this genre of work. 4

Jerry Uelsmann – Double Exposure

Artist: Jerry Uelsmann

Techniques: Double Exposure. Double exposure includes two different images within one image. Uelsmann's work features two different images in one (as you can see on the slide below). They usually contrast one another.

Traditional or non-traditional: Traditional.

Historical or contemporary: Double exposures have been used historically in the past to remove people from historical photographs e.g. Stalin. In the artistic sense though, double exposures are contemporary because they are still being done today & are also easier to do now with programs like Photoshop, which allows you to digitally create a double exposure.

Where their work might be displayed: Uelsmann has had is work shown in over 100 shows across the globe. These include The Metropolitan Museum of Art & The Chicago Art Institute. 6