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While working on his photo collages, Hockney started to play around with studying movement. Unlike his other works, such as his portraits which represent the stillness of his subject, these collages show the movement of his subjects. His study began when he photographed a skater in New York. He would take these images and create a photo collage that would show the movement of the skater through several different photographs. Hockney found that by working with photos and movement, he could explore the characteristics of a photograph as well as the challenges he faced to create the movement. One example of these collages is the Bill Brandt and his Wife, Noya 1982. This photo collage represents the two reacting to his process behind his photo collages. Some of his other well known photo collages are Luncheon at the British Embassy, Canyon Looking North, September 1891, and Luxembourg Paris 10th August 1985. As he continued his work studying movement, Hockney briefly photographed his friends wedding, using his recent techniques to create a photo collage that showed the movement of the ceremony. Hockney also began to incorporate narratives into his photo collages. These photo collages not only represent movement, but also time moving through space. This idea came to him when he was visiting Japan and he created The Zen Garden at the Ryoanji Temple of Kyoto Feb 21st.