David Hamilton was a British photographer and film director known for his nude photographs of adolescent girls. Often controversial, the images evoke an effect of dreaminess through soft focus and varied grain. Born on April 15, in London, United Kingdom, the artist initially found work as an art director, then a commercial photographer in the s and 60s in France. He published numerous photobooks during his life, The Age of Innocence being one of his most popular.
David Hamilton’s Tranquil s Photographs of a Young Women
David Hamilton, the British photographer whose diaphanous images of prepubescent girls blurred the line between art and pornography, was found dead on Friday in his Paris apartment, one week after a former model accused him of raping her in when she was The police said that the cause appeared to be suicide but their investigation was continuing. Hamilton directed five erotic movies that largely centered on blossoming sexuality in flower-crowned girls. The nudity prompted a number of prosecutions against book buyers on charges of possession of child pornography, though in most cases the charges were dropped or the verdicts overturned. There were also bans and boycotts of Mr.
David Hamilton’s Tranquil 1970s Photographs of a Young Women
As a young evacuee, he was sent to Dorset to avoid the air-raid attacks on London during the war. Upon the end of the war, a young Hamilton returned to London, continuing with his education before moving to France. There, his artistic nous was noticed after he took work in an architecture office.
David Hamilton , the photographer whose work inspired both outrage and praise, has died in France aged The photographer was found unresponsive by a neighbor who called the emergency, and according to the French police, the cause of death was suicide. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has released about a book a year, selling in the millions of copies worldwide. Due to the nature of his art, the artist was often the subject of controversy.