Describe what you see. (click on the picture to see it larger) I see an older lady in a cemetery sitting down.
What moods or feelings are expressed in this photograph? How are they conveyed? Depression. It is conveyed by the background and the expression of the his mother's face.
What do you think this work is about? Why? Does the title of the piece give you any clues? The work is about adultery. It gives on clue because it includes the word mom meaning that he surrounding his mother who is a very old adult.
What do you know to be true? What assumptions might you have made? Are there clues in the image that suggest when and where this photograph might have been made? Describe. It was taken in a cemetery, assumptions would have been all the coffins plus tombstones.
Can you tell how the photographer feels about this subject? If so, how? He feels happy the reason being is because he is seeing his mom.
What can you tell about how this image was made? Consider the techniques and visual strategies used by the artist such as use of light, time of day, vantage point, focus, framing and composition, etc. He mad multiple copies of it a cut of sections a put together to form the original.
Click here to look through the photographs on David Hockney's website. How would you describe this artist’s style? Is there certain subject matter that the artist seems drawn to? Are there techniques or aesthetics that he or she seems to use often? His art style I will call it a puzzle. He draws to making different sections of an image.