Beat memories : the photographs of Allen Ginsberg
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R016836 Ned. Fotomuseum USA MON GINSBERG.A 2010
TitleBeat memories : the photographs of Allen Ginsberg
Author
Photographer
Place of publicationNew York, Washington, Munich
Year of publication2010
Paginationxiii, 137 p.
Illustrationsb&w
Dimensions31 x 24 cm.
MaterialMonografie
Document TypeBook
ISBN97837913505233791350528
Bibliographic NotesIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Persons keyword Washington National Gallery of Art, D.C., USA
Abstract
"Exhibition dates, National Gallery of Art, May 2-September 6, 2010"
We cite from the COVER :
"One of the most visionary writers of his generation, Ginsberg was also a photographer. From 1953 to 1963 he frequently had his camera close by when he was with friends in his apartment or traveling with them, ready to record "certain moments in eternity," as he wrote. For years many of these photographs languished among Ginsberg's papers. When he finally recovered them in the 1980s, he reprinted them and added handwritten narrative inscriptions. Inspired by this earlier work, he began to photograph again, recording both long-time friends and new acquaintances."
"Some eighty of these photographs are collected and brilliantly reproduced in this book, which also features the first scholarly essay on Ginsberg's photographs, written by Sarah Greenough, addressing the relationship of his photographs to his poetry and to works by other photographers of the period. Ginsberg's photographs depict many of his contemporaries, including his closest friends and lovers, such as Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky. They capture days walking the streets of Manhattan, San Francisco, and Paris as well as grand tours of Africa and Asia. Concise and immediate, intelligent and perceptive, Ginsberg's photographs reveal an intense examination of the physical world that is at once a celebration of the moment and a valuable record of his life."
We cite from the COVER :
"One of the most visionary writers of his generation, Ginsberg was also a photographer. From 1953 to 1963 he frequently had his camera close by when he was with friends in his apartment or traveling with them, ready to record "certain moments in eternity," as he wrote. For years many of these photographs languished among Ginsberg's papers. When he finally recovered them in the 1980s, he reprinted them and added handwritten narrative inscriptions. Inspired by this earlier work, he began to photograph again, recording both long-time friends and new acquaintances."
"Some eighty of these photographs are collected and brilliantly reproduced in this book, which also features the first scholarly essay on Ginsberg's photographs, written by Sarah Greenough, addressing the relationship of his photographs to his poetry and to works by other photographers of the period. Ginsberg's photographs depict many of his contemporaries, including his closest friends and lovers, such as Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky. They capture days walking the streets of Manhattan, San Francisco, and Paris as well as grand tours of Africa and Asia. Concise and immediate, intelligent and perceptive, Ginsberg's photographs reveal an intense examination of the physical world that is at once a celebration of the moment and a valuable record of his life."
| Copy number | R016836 |
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| Shelf mark | USA MON GINSBERG.A 2010 |