David Hamilton

The first thing I noticed when looking at Hamiltons work is that it is very grainy and gives a kind of tired effect. I then looked at the models and it looks as though they have just had sex, due to the position and facial expression. The models appear to be very young which I feel would make it a easy to be considered to be controversial and subject to criticism. It's difficult to establish a narrative in the photographs other than the model having just had sex maybe with the photographer or someone else.

                       The meaning or purpose of these I feel would be suited for only fine art purposes. I can't imagine these images being in newspapers or magazines. These images would probably be exhibited and shown to the public. It's easy to discard it and the photographer for it to simply be pornography, there's an idea of fetishism, this could simply be to let the viewer gather an idea as to what the photographer is interested in.

                The grainy effect you see on the photographs has probably been done by a special filter however another method could be used by simply putting women's tights over the camera lens to create a similar but not as good effect. It has probably been done to express a tired attitude within the image, enforcing the idea that the photograph has been taken in the morning with the models having just woken up or them having just done something tiring.

                My tutor was reluctant to show me his work and it's easy to understand why due to the nature of the photography, it featuring what looks like underage girls posing as if they've just had sex. If I was to further my research on the Internet I'm sure I would find countless amounts of posts ridiculing and discarding his work of being pedophelic and sexist.