His name: Philippe Garner.
He was a legendary auctioneer.
He is a formidable connoisseur of the history of photography.
What is less well known is the profound eroticism of his personal images.
Hamiltons Gallery unveils a few of them.
Jean-Jacques Naudet
This summer, Hamiltons Gallery takes you back in time to the sun-soaked Saint Tropez of the 1970s photographed by the esteemed Philippe Garner. The images capture the sizzling endless summer days on the beaches of Saint Tropez and in the surrounding towns of Aix-en-Provence.
Their limited-time online viewing room is a perfect summer selection to dive head first into. Languorous tanned bodies punctuate a vibrant yet nostalgic collection of photographs of sea, sand and Seventies summertime living.
Summer – Seventies – Saint-Tropez was the first solo show of photographs by Philippe Garner, a figure already well known and respected as a long-standing champion of photography through a fifty-plus years career as an auction specialist and historian.
The images – all shot on Kodachrome film, notable for the rich and vibrant saturation of its colours – take us back half a century to discover now-long-erased traces of an old Provence in and around Aix-en-Provence, where Garner was born. A discrete suite of images made on the now-legendary La Voile Rouge beach of Saint-Tropez capture the spirit of its raffish, chic-bohemian heyday.
Philippe Garner : Summer – Seventies – Saint-Tropez
Until October 1st, 2025
Online Viewing Room:
https://website-artlogicwebsite1235.artlogic.net/viewing-room/24-summer-seventies-saint-tropez-by-philippe-garner/
https://www.artsy.net/viewing-room/hamiltons-gallery-summer-seventies-saint-tropez-da9cc815-54df-4780-9a10-cb3145b28e3d
Hamiltons Gallery
13 Carlos Place
London W1K 2EU
+44 (0) 207 499 9493
www.hamiltonsgallery.com
