About
Erotic photographer David Hamilton
David
Hamilton's unique view of the world began forming early.
World War II sent him to the country side as a young man.
It was here that the dirt and hard edge of London was
replaced with the lovely countryside of Dorset (of Thomas
Hardy fame). The dreamy beauty of the English landscape
imprinted a vision of innocence and softness one still
sees in his work today. After the war,
Hamilton returned to London. Trapped behind a school desk
in the war tom city would not last long for him. Quitting
school for a job in an architect's office, his innate
artistic skills began to emerge.
At 20, he
ventured out to Paris. It was not long before he was
offered a job as graphic designer for Peter Knapp of Elle
Magazine. He quickly climbed the ladder of success along
with Elle Magazine through the early sixties. Hamilton's
success was bitter sweet. He was hired away from Elle
by Queen Magazine in London. Even though he was
art director for this prestigious magazine, he realized
his true love was Paris. Beauty to Hamilton had to always
come first.
Back in Paris,
Hamilton became art director of Printemps , Paris'
largest department store. Through all these years as
graphic artist and art director, his eye is being subtly
and thoroughly trained. Directing and guiding
photographers to see and capture his ideas and vision was
only the smallest step away from forming the art himself.
Hamilton began
photographing commercially while still employed. His
dreamy, grainy style quickly brought him success. His
photographs were in great demand by other magazines such
as Realities, Twen and Photo. By the end of
the sixties, Hamilton's style was clearly and
unmistakably recognizable. This emergence is documented
by his first book, Dreams of Young Girls.
After 16 books
with combined sales well over one million, five feature
films, countless magazine publishings and scores of
museum and gallery exhibitions, David Hamilton has become
a recognizable force in photography. Many fight his
vision of beauty. They suggest that good photography must
be hard edge, difficult or even painful to look at.
Hamilton leaves the coldness and alienation to others.
There is no ugliness and pain in his work. No sharp edges
to cut the soul on.
Hamilton is
a lover of young beauty. In flowers, objects, seascapes and of
course, women. His works are remembrances of times lost
when innocence and young little beauty were the norm. When art was
beauty incarnate.
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