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2023-01-01111 minUnited States

UNCROPPEDrediscoverstheworkofJamesHamilton,oneofthegreatchroniclersoftheculturalhistoryofAmerica.ForoverfourdecadesworkingasastaffphotographeratpublicationssuchasHarper'sBazaar,TheNewYorkObserverand,mostnotably,TheVillageVoice,Hamiltoncapturedsomeofthemostremarkablepeopleandstoriesofthelasthalfcentury.ANewYorklegendhimself,HamiltoncreatediconicimagesofmusicianslikeCharlesMingus,PattiSmithandLouReed,tookintimateportraitsofeveryonefromLizaMinnellitoAlfredHitchcock,brokeofftodosetphotographyforGeorgeRomero,NoahBaumbachandWesAnderson,andpursuedpowerfulandcontroversialassignmentsacrosstheU.S.andtheworld.AllthewhileheneverstoppedamassingastunningvisualchronicleofhisbelovedNewYorkCityinallitsgritandglory.Inparticular,UNCROPPEDexplorestheuniquepositionTheVillageVoiceheldinNewYorklife,andthewayinwhichHamilton'sremarkablebodyofworkexemplifiedthepaper'sprovocativemergingofartandjournalism.Hisstoryandvastarchiveofferasingularwindowintotheheydayofalternativeprintmedia.

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