Cindy Crawford is photographed in St Tropez in a pose likened to Botticelli’s Venus, while Brigitte Bardot appears in a Richard Avedon image later adapted by Andy Warhol. Hiro trains Maria Beadeux to smoke, drawing inspiration from opium dens seen during childhood in the 1930s. William Wegman’s 1981 triptych shows a dog sitting quietly by a pond, alongside a 1969 screenprint by Daidō Moriyama and multiple manikin works. The exhibition at Hamiltons, running through May alongside Photo London, surveys intimacy, detail, and closeness. The shared thread is close proximity between subject and camera, encouraging viewers to slow down and look closely at photography.
"Cindy Crawford poses in front of a hollowed tree in St Tropez, like Botticelli's Venus, shot by Helmut Newton in 1991 for American Vogue; Brigitte Bardot shot by Richard Avedon in 1959, an image later used by Andy Warhol for his renowned silkscreen series; Hiro trains Maria Beadeux to smoke, inspired by the opium dens that he saw as a child growing up in the 1930s; William Wegman's 1981 triptych of a dog quietly sat by a pond; a 1969 screenprint by Daidō Moriyama; manikins aplenty. Each work currently on display at Hamiltons as part of its new exhibition, Up Close, tests the distance between subject and lens."
"From Herb Ritts to Irving Penn, Erwin Olaf to Helmut Newton and more, it's an exhibition of work by photographers who have defined the visual language of the 20th century and continue to influence photography today. Opening in tandem with Photo London and running for the month of May, Up Close is a survey of intimacy, detail and closeness."
"“With Photo London on the calendar, we began thinking about how the fair encourages people to get up close to photography,” says Tim Jefferies, Hamiltons gallery founder and principal. Jefferies treated the gallery as though it were a booth at an art fair, curating a selection of works by photographers Hamiltons has represented for decades. “The shared thread between these images is that they're up close, they're taken at close proximity.”"
"The breadth of artists represented are testament to the gallery's legacy. Founded in 1977, the gallery soon turns 50. We're also approaching 200 years since photography's inception, a representative of the gallery points out. The exhibition becomes a triptych in its own right - a picture of Hamiltons at 50, a marker of image-making on the cusp of its bicentenary, and a call to slow down and take in beautiful photography, up close, in the wake of Photo London."
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