Hamilton began as a magazine photojournalist, then became known for his photographs of actors on film sets.
Hamilton photographed Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Clint Eastwood, Elvis and Jayne Mansfield.
[2] In 2003, photographer Bruce Weber's Little Bear Press published a book of Hamilton's celebrity photos titled Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Weber says Hamilton's "photographs were intimate and sexy and no one captured our heroes in American cinema like he did.
He gave us an insider's view of incredibly private people caught in a special world somewhere between a movie set and home.