At the time of his death, Hamilton had another book in the works, a monograph about Montenegro. He was working with Jelica Bujić, who was his first and last photography assistant. [11] Reception [ edit ] Louis, Paul (17 November 2016). "Après Flavie Flament, trois nouvelles accusations de viol contre le photographe David Hamilton". Le Figaro (in French). ISSN 0182-5852 . Retrieved 27 November 2016. David Hamilton is best known for his soft-focus, dreamy, grainy style of his images, David Hamilton set the fine art photography aesthetics of his time. The soft focus and muted colours, the lines created by the human form and captured by Hamilton are beautiful and representative of his style. In October 2016, French presenter Flavie Flament accused him of raping her in 1987, when she was 13 years old. In November 2016, French magazine L'Obs published anonymous accounts from three other former models affirmed to have been raped by Hamilton. Hamilton issued a statement threatening legal action against his accusers and claimed that he did not do anything wrong. On 25 November 2016, he was found dead in his Paris apartment by apparent suicide. [2] Early life [ edit ] Hamilton’s work hangs in the US Library of Congress, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Danish Palace among others.

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Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth David Hamilton (1933–2016) was a British photographer, who grew up in London. His schooling was interrupted by World War II. As an evacuee, he spent some time in the countryside of Dorset, which inspired his work. After the war, Hamilton returned to London and finished school before moving to France where he has lived ever since. a b c "Photographer David Hamilton found dead in Paris". The Guardian. 25 November 2016 . Retrieved 26 November 2016. His photographs were in demand by other magazines such as Réalités, Twen and Photo. By the end of the 1960s, all of Hamilton's photographs appeared to have been snapped as if through a hazy mist. His further successes included dozens of photographic books with combined sales well into the millions; five feature films; countless magazine displays and museum and gallery exhibitions. His work was exhibited in every one of the first three years of The Photographers' Gallery, London, but were roundly condemned by Euan Duff for its "cliched pictorial symbolism, exploiting soft focus, pastel colours, country landscapes and old houses, old fashioned clothes and even white doves to give a phoney impression of heaIth-food ad naturalness; they are a sort of wholemeal stoneground pornography," exhibited "because the gallery needs the money." [6]David Hamilton, mort d'un photographe controversé | PM". PM (in French). 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016 . Retrieved 26 November 2016. On stage Hamilton has compered shows by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, David Cassidy and many other pop acts. He has hosted shows at the Royal Albert Hall and the London Palladium, and headlined in four major pantomimes. The Wireless ( retrieved 10 May 2012)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2015 . Retrieved 10 May 2012. On 22 October 2016, Thierry Ardisson, the host of the French talk-show Salut les Terriens! on TNT C8 channel, named Hamilton as the alleged rapist of now radio RTL presenter Flavie Flament. According to Flament, the acts were committed in 1987 when she was 13 years old, in Cap d'Agde, a naturist resort in Hérault, southern France. She mentions them in her novel La consolation, a romanticised story based on her purported life experiences. After Flament publicly identified Hamilton, the book led to Hamilton being accused of being a predatory paedophile. [1] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] Flament's brother has called certain revelations in her book into question. He also states that at the time Flavie complained of inappropriate behaviour by the photographer resulting in her parents stopping Hamilton from continuing with her. [26]

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In late 1994, Hamilton presented the Breakfast show on Melody FM (now Magic 105.4) for four years before moving to London's Liberty Radio to present an afternoon show. He also did a show on the Classic Gold Network on a Sunday. Euan Duff, 'Hamilton exhibition at the Photographers' Gallery,' The Guardian, Sat, Dec 1, 1973 p.10 His works hang in the United States Library of Congress, the White House (Clinton years), Carnegie Hall, the palace of the Danish royal family, the Guggenheim Museum and many other art galleries, museums and fine homes around the world. Changing jobs, he became interested in photography and soon developed his own special, recognizable style. Samuel, Henry (30 November 2016). "British photographer David Hamilton found dead in Paris, as his alleged rape victims say he has escaped justice". The Telegraph.

In 2005, a man in the UK was convicted for being in possession of 19,000 images of children, including photos by Hamilton. The images were found to have the lowest indecency rating. In response, Glenn Holland, Hamilton's spokesman, said: "We are deeply saddened and disappointed by this, as David is one of the most successful art photographers the world has ever known. His books have sold millions". [14] In a career spanning over 40 years he has released about a book a year, selling in the millions of copies world-wide. Not to mention countless postcards, calendars, greeting cards, posters and signed, numbered, limited-edition exhibition-quality photo-prints. He has also made five feature movies. Hamilton was born in 1933 and grew up in London. His schooling was interrupted by World War II. As an evacuee, he spent some time in the countryside of Dorset, which inspired some of his work. [3] After the war, Hamilton returned to London and finished his schooling. In February 2021, he started a daily lunchtime show with Boom Radio, the national DAB station aimed at the baby boom generation. In April 2012, Hamilton was one of the launch presenters on The Wireless, an Internet-based radio station operated by Age UK and aimed at older people throughout the UK. [5]

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Bar, Roni (6 December 2016). "The Can of Worms Opened After Iconic Photographer Accused of Rape Commits Suicide". Haaretz.Categories: Photo project By Pictolic https://www.pictolic.com/article/girls-from-dreams-by-the-infamous-photographer-david-hamilton.html His photographs were in demand by other magazines such as Realites, Twen and Photo. By the end of the 1960s, Hamilton’s work had a recognizable style. His further success included many dozens of photographic books with combined sales well into the millions, five feature films, countless magazine publishings and scores of museum and gallery exhibitions. a b c d e f Hinton, Perry (11 April 2016). "Remembrance of things past: The cultural context and the rise and fall in the popularity of photographer David Hamilton" (PDF). Cogent Arts & Humanities. 3. doi: 10.1080/23311983.2016.1164930. S2CID 191370753. In the late 1990s, conservative Christian groups in America unsuccessfully protested against bookstores selling Hamilton's photography books. [13] As Chris Warmoll, writing for The Guardian in 2005, commented, "Hamilton's photographs have long been at the forefront of the 'is it art or pornography?' debate." [14] In December 1977, Images Gallery—a studio owned by Bob Persky [7] at 11 East 57th Street in Manhattan—showed his photographs at the same time that Bilitis [8] was released. [5] At that time, art critic Gene Thornton wrote in The New York Times that they reveal "the kind of ideal that regularly was expressed in the great paintings of the past". Hamilton has said that his work looks for "the candor of a lost paradise". In his book, Contemporary Photographers, curator Christian Caujolle wrote that Hamilton worked only with two fixed devices: "a clear pictorial intention and a latent eroticism, ostensibly romantic, but asking for trouble". [9]