David Hockney's beautifully complicated relationship with photography
The Getty Museum celebrates the British artist's 80th birthday with a two-part exhibition of rarely seen works
By
Lauren Hansen
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(Image credit: "Paint Trolley, L.A. 1985")

(Image credit: "Jerry Diving Sunday Feb. 28th 1982")

(Image credit: "Still Life Blue Guitar 4th April 1982")

(Image credit: Pearlblossom Hwy., 11 - 18th April 1986, #2, April 11-18, 1986.)

(Image credit: "Nicholas Wilder Studying Picasso. Los Angeles 24th March 1982")

(Image credit: "Blue Terrace Los Angeles March 8th 1982")

(Image credit: "Yellow Chair with Shadow Los Angeles April 18th 1982")
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.