Walking the Line

"Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it must be looked at by somebody, and any true and real depiction must be an account of the experience of that looking."

David Hockney
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Despite drawing being the antithesis of photography, it seems acceptable to compliment a photo with having the qualities of drawing but vice versa is often seen as an insult, implying robotic, mindless and slavish copying qualities.