Twenty Five Years of an Artist
Encyclopedia
Twenty Five Years of an Artist is a photography
book looking at the long career of David Hamilton
. The book, 316 pages in length, includes both photographs and 20 pages of text, scattered between the pictures.
The text is written by Philippe Gautier
based on his discussions and interviews with Mr. Hamilton. The introduction contrasts the year 1992 artistic climate to the early 1970s when Hamilton's first book was published. The text starts from Hamilton's childhood, and proceeds chronologically through his career in a fairly prosaic manner, but including also much subjective content. The latter half of the text is more personal, discussing Hamilton's outlook on his art and life, including an explanation for his fascination with young girls, which the majority of his photography expresses.
Much of the photography covers Hamilton's familiar themes of young girls, clothed and not, prepubescent and older. Half of the rest covers his other subject matter: landscape
s, cityscape
s, flower
s, and other still life
s. The final one fourth document Hamilton's life, showing him with his model
s and other important people whom he has known and worked with.
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
book looking at the long career of David Hamilton
David Hamilton (photographer)
David Hamilton is a British photographer and occasional film director most known for his images of young women.-Early life and career:...
. The book, 316 pages in length, includes both photographs and 20 pages of text, scattered between the pictures.
The text is written by Philippe Gautier
Philippe Gautier
Philippe Gautier is the main author of a "landmark book in the history of the understanding of the technological, economic, legal and societal stakes or issues of the "Internet of Things" Philippe Gautier is the main author of a "landmark book in the history of the understanding of the...
based on his discussions and interviews with Mr. Hamilton. The introduction contrasts the year 1992 artistic climate to the early 1970s when Hamilton's first book was published. The text starts from Hamilton's childhood, and proceeds chronologically through his career in a fairly prosaic manner, but including also much subjective content. The latter half of the text is more personal, discussing Hamilton's outlook on his art and life, including an explanation for his fascination with young girls, which the majority of his photography expresses.
Much of the photography covers Hamilton's familiar themes of young girls, clothed and not, prepubescent and older. Half of the rest covers his other subject matter: landscape
Landscape
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
s, cityscape
Cityscape
A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape. Townscape is roughly synonymous with cityscape, though it implies the same difference in urban size and density implicit in the difference between the words city and town. In urban design the terms refer to the configuration of built forms and...
s, flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s, and other still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
s. The final one fourth document Hamilton's life, showing him with his model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
s and other important people whom he has known and worked with.