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David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge

A film directed by Randall Wright, about David Hockney's argument that many artists in history have used optical aids
A film directed by Randall Wright, about David Hockney's argument that many artists in history have used optical aids

The film has a sequence on the use of a camera obscura by Johannes Vermeer, including a computer animation by Steve Evans of Vermeer’s studio and the projection of an image onto its back wall, and a one-sixth scale physical model of the room. I discuss these with Hockney from 20:16 in the video.