David Hamilton

デイヴィッド・ハミルトン　/　でいゔぃっど・はみるとん

American film director

April 15, 1933 – November 25, 2016　・　London, Roman Empire

film director
photographer
screenwriter

My Take

David Hamilton is one of those figures where separating the art from the artist isn't just difficult — it feels impossible. Born in London in 1933, he moved to France and built a career on dreamy, soft-focus photography that sold millions of copies worldwide through the 1970s and 80s. His images had an undeniable aesthetic quality — all hazy light and pastoral calm — and the art world largely celebrated them for decades. But by the time serious sexual abuse allegations surfaced publicly in 2016, the conversation around his work shifted completely and irrevocably. He died that November, so there was never accountability or a reckoning of any kind. I find it genuinely hard to write about him without sitting with that discomfort, and I think that's exactly the right response.

Overview

David Hamilton (15 April 1933 – 25 November 2016) was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls, mostly nude. Hamilton's images became part of an "Art or pornography?" debate.

1. Profile

Name (English): David Hamilton
Name (Japanese): デイヴィッド・ハミルトン
Reading: でいゔぃっど・はみるとん
Born: April 15, 1933 – November 25, 2016
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rooster
Origin: London, Roman Empire
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / photographer / screenwriter / director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3