YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD JUST WHAT I SEEN

Kerry Schuss Gallery, New York / November 13 - December 23, 2010

Photographs by James Hamilton

Curated by Elisabeth Biondi

James Hamilton's portraits of music world luminaries reveal a previously unearthed master photographer with compelling and rarely seen images of visionaries and artists from Madonna and  Nico to Run D.M.C and the Beastie Boys. This is the first gallery exhibition of Hamilton's photos and coincides with publication of his first book also titled YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD JUST WHAT I SEEN published by Thurston Moore's newly established Ecstatic Peace Library. James Hamilton served as staff photographer for the seminal music magazine Crawdaddy! in the 1960's, before joining the staffs of Harper's Bazaar, the Village Voice and the New York Observer. During his tenure at these iconic publications he recorded the rock, punk, disco and hip-hop eras.

Above: B. B. King – 1969

Below left: Sonic Youth – 1988

Below right: Patti Smith – 1970

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