A biography of James Hamilton, one of the greatest cultural photojournalists of our time and the quintessential black-and-white chronicler of New York City. Seven decades of career and hundreds of portraits of music, art, fashion, and film stars parade through juicy conversations about the art of photography. As we see incredible images of James Brown, Patti Smith, BB King, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Run DMC, Janis Joplin, Madonna, Sun Ra, The Kinks, Stevie Wonder, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Nicholson, or Jean-Luc Godard, we rediscover a first-rate artist, bohemian, humble and phlegmatic, with an ‘instant classicism’ whose work no one ever dared to crop.

Cast: James Hamilton, Sylvia Plachy, Kathy Dobie, Mark Jacobson, Joe Conason, Richard Goldstein, Thurston Moore, Thulani Davis, Eva Prinz, David Lee, Susan Vermazen, Michael Daly, Wes Anderson, Alexandra Jacobs.

This documentary has subtitles for the deaf enabled in one of its sessions.