David hamiltons book age of innocence

1995 book by David Hamilton

The Age of Innocence is a 1995 photography and poetry book by David Hamilton.

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The book contains images of early-teen girls, often nude, accompanied by lyrical poetry. Images are in a boudoir setting^[1] and photographed mainly in colour using a soft-focus filter, with some shots in black-and-white.

Reception

The book is one of Hamilton's most popular titles.^[2] According to the Los Angeles Times, the book's images are "thought by thousands of critics and consumers to be socially acceptable, even wonderful."^[3] Likewise The New York Times stated the book received critical praise.^[4] Outside of art critics however the book has been criticised.

A journalist from The New York Times described the book as "the essence of icky...", and similarly opined that "The author could certainly be considered a dirty old man."^[5] A journalist from Time stated he