Place in the Sun

By David Hamilton

"Everyone", says the author, "cherishes a dream that they will one day find their own place in the sun where they will be free to live life as an idyll". This book is Hamilton's photographic record of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854104314
• ISBN13: 9781854104311
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group UK
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 3.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.1" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

The "Perfect" Hamilton book for your coffee table!

David Hamilton is perhaps the most talented photographer in the world... This volume is proof. While his other US releases, "The Age of Innocence" and "Twenty-Five Years of an Artist" focus almost entirely upon his obsession with nude girls between the ages of 12-18, "A Place in the Sun" incorporates the beauty of a young girl into the larger, greater beauty of the tropics; Making the beauty of her nude physical form into just one part of the whole of the surrounding beauty of the water, the sky, the beach, and the flora and fauna of the environment of which she is a part. This book is a true journey into fantasy! The topless girl standing on the beach looking out to sea on page 44, the single cloud over the Bali sea on page 104, the peaceful young goddess sleeping in the hammock on page 46... These pictures alone would be with the price. This is THE most beautiful photography book I have ever seen, and far less controversial than his other US releases... Buy this book. It will one day be a collectors item.

Beautiful girls in the nude

This book contains a variety of beautiful pictures of various things, from deserted beaches, to storm-encroached seas, to even a mule! It also has some excellent photos of young girls, some of which are extraordinary in their perfection of beauty and their playful attitude toward life. I would say there are 10 to 20 photos of beautiful girls in this book. They are well worth the asking price of the book.

Hamilton returns to His Place in the Sun with grace.

David Hamilton has "renewed" his Place in the Sun with this wonderful collection of photographs that inspired many visual artists throughout the 70's and 80's. This book relocates Hamilton back on the Top 20 Lists of International Photographic Artists. His portraits of friends, visual still lifes, and his classic modeling of the nude reminds us of Hamilton's place in our visual influence.

Exotic sights of imagination.

At first glance the youthful pictures take away from the flow of the essay. Then it comes together. This is a testament to Hamilton's artistry. He is rightfully called an arist that paints with the eye, lens, and darkroom. What truly sets him apart from other photographers, such as Sturges, is that he captures personality. One shows nudity as dull, while the other, brings charm and grace that quickens the pulse, not dulls the senses. Erotic is not in this book, but a dream-like reality that brings back better times. Not to dwell on, but to enjoy at ones older time.

Purity and light captured in the lush beauty of the tropics.

In an age that has gone terribly wrong, Hamilton is a visionary who still understands that the beauty of children, a subject celebrated and explored throughout the ages since ancient times, must remain a focal point for photographer and artist alike.