Allen Ginsberg: Photographs [Hardcover]

Allen Ginsberg (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Twelvetrees Pr; Limited edition (June 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942642384
• ISBN-13: 978-0942642384
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Allen Ginsberg was born in 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, a son of Naomi Ginsberg and lyric poet Louis Ginsberg. In 1956 he published his signal poem, Howl, one of the most widely read and translated poems of the century. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, awarded the medal of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French minister of culture in 1993, and co-founder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute, the first accredited Buddhist college in the Western world, Allen Ginsberg died on April 5, 1997.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars if you get it, you'll get it, June 13, 2006

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jack kerr (northport, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photographs Allen Ginsberg (Hardcover)

first off, these are two excellent essays concerning photography, one by gregory corso and one by ginsberg himself, and these writings are almost worth the price of the book itself (which you should consider buying used, it can be found even in the used section of amazon for cheap - and they are limited printings from what i understand). as for the photos, this is like van gogh's 'bedroom in arles'. there is a sense of history in these pictures, and as ginsberg says, he knew. here is kerouac, burroughs, cassady, allen, and on top of that, this was early post-world war 2 america. you can see it in the people, the apartments, the streets - i could go on and on, but a truly valuable book.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History and Art, October 26, 1999

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This review is from: Photographs Allen Ginsberg (Hardcover)

Personal and Beat history were captured by Ginsberg with his simple camera. Other books have called them snapshots, but Ginsberg could not help but create art, as well. The paper used by the printer could have been better. Yet this book is well worth the price.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank God He Always Carried That Camera..., January 20, 2006

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PERFECT PILLOW "PERFECT PILLOW" (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photographs Allen Ginsberg (Hardcover)

What a delicious treat. Allen Ginsberg took it upon himself to be the Beat historian, which has in turn given the world this treasure in hardback. His scrawling notations serve as stream-of-consciousness captions. His early pics of Corso eating grapes and huddling for warmth at the Beat Hotel in Paris are simply beautiful. Much silliness is supplied here as well. And who looks better in black and white than Jack Kerouac? This is not only a great coffee table book, but a must for any fan of the Beat Generation.