![]() On October 22, 2016, French radio presenter Flavie Flament named Hamilton as the person who raped her during a photoshoot nearly 30 years prior when Flament was just 13 years old, as detailed in her novel "La Consolation," said to be based on true experiences. Image by Olivier Strecker and used under Creative Commons. Two such accusations that do arguably outweigh child pornography is that of rape and pedophilia, and both of these were alleged of Hamilton in October this year. His work was bombarded with criticism and Hamilton polarized opinion while treading the fine line of "art or pornography" as he tirelessly pursued his "obsession with purity" he believed to share with "Lolita" writer Vladimir Nabokov whom he drew inspiration from. The regular appearance of naked girls, often in their early to mid teens, ignited allegations that his photography was tantamount to child pornography Few accusations bear as much devastating social impact as this. It was Hamilton's penchant for young female, and more relevantly, nude, subjects that eclipsed his photographic style in the eyes and minds of many. While perhaps scoffed at today, his style of dreamy, soft focus images became popular in the extreme and resulted in millions in sales, many exhibitions, myriad features, and the position of director on several films. His talent promptly landed him the position of art director at a number of European publications while he concurrently developed a photographic style he would later become famous for. The confident ease with which all his subjects present themselves to his camera is evidence of rare levels of trust and friendship.Hamilton worked in the creative industry from 1953 when he moved to Paris and worked as a graphic designer for Elle magazine. Sturges describes his work as “identity driven” because his portraits represent collaborations that stretch over entire life times. The large color plates in Life Time represent almost perfect one to one translations of the original transparencies and are rich with detail and physical and psychological nuance. Working with the same models and their families in his long-term studies of growth, change and relationship, his large format images borrow significantly from classical periods in both photography and nineteenth and early twentieth century painting. Life Time presents a broad range of this color work for the first time and carries forward his extended portraits of families in Northern California counter-culture communities and on French naturist beaches. Long known for his radiant black and white naturist portraiture, Jock Sturges has also been quietly working in color for more than two decades. ![]()
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