Admirer of beauty in all its forms and female purity, David Hamilton assures that in fashion, for a photo to be eternal, in this universe where everything is only made for a time, you have to purify out everything that could make the photo dated. And with the Pauline’s timeless silhouette, it’s a walk in the park.
From dance, a favorite subject of his, he borrows the innocence of Degas and the fantasizing of a suffused light with a vaporous effect that softly reflects on the white, lacy ensemble worn by the model. With serene elegance and the delicate modernity given off by the Pauline bag, David Hamilton puts his dreamy and airy signature on this graceful model. In a vaporous ambiance, the innocence and charm of times gone by are recalled by his camera in the flash of a photo. A good portion of this instinct is pure romanticism, perfecting his Impressionist, pre-Raphaelite inspirations, in the same way that the Pauline reintegrates Moynat’s past. Founded in 1849, far from the era’s Baroque style, founder Pauline Moynat discreetly forged its allure. In the same dynamic, David Hamilton brings turn-of-the-century atmosphere to his photos, 1900 or maybe 1920. One thing is sure: it is anchored in contemporary elegance.
With the soft light, with the immaculate white of the outfit, with the Nordic blonde of the model, the photographer leaves the task of exciting the eye to the pink-colored Pauline…
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