Ken Latham
Homage to Hockney
In the photograph left, Hannah is seen getting out of Pete's pool in his house in Valbonne in France, I have often viewed the Hockney picture in The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and immediately saw the similarity between the two scenes. Hockney's friend Peter Schlesinger is depicted climbing out of the swimming pool of Nick Wilder, a Los Angeles gallery owner. The painting is a composite view. Schlesinger did not actually model in the pool; the pose derives from a snapshot of him leaning against his MG sports car.I only had one chance to take the shot and was taken aback by the similarity, the green table in the photo comparing with the green chair in the picture, the foliage and the window etc.
Homage to Hockney
In the photograph left, Hannah is seen getting out of Pete's pool in his house in Valbonne in France, I have often viewed the Hockney picture in The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and immediately saw the similarity between the two scenes. Hockney's friend Peter Schlesinger is depicted climbing out of the swimming pool of Nick Wilder, a Los Angeles gallery owner. The painting is a composite view. Schlesinger did not actually model in the pool; the pose derives from a snapshot of him leaning against his MG sports car.I only had one chance to take the shot and was taken aback by the similarity, the green table in the photo comparing with the green chair in the picture, the foliage and the window etc.