Sidetripping [Paperback]

Charles Gatewood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1975

A first hand account of '60s and '70s counterculture seen through the eyes of pioneering photographer Charles Gatewood and legendary scribe William S. Burroughs. Chronicling the grotesque, surreal, and liberated American underground, Gatewood and Burroughs created a lasting, disturbing, and engaging portrait of this tumultuous period in American culture.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

A photographer and painter famous for his strange photographs of the underbelly of America. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: distributed by Derbibooks; First edition. edition (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891550011
• ISBN-13: 978-0891550013
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,835,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Burroughs guides you on this Side Trip..., August 22, 2001

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Rae Schwarz "post-modern Renaissance woman" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sidetripping (Paperback)

Get ready for the reissue of Charles Gatewood's 1975 classic, Sidetripping! Gatewood was begining to explore the edges in the late 60s and early 70s, lurking alongside any events happening on the city streets: protests, marches, fairs, parades, celebrations. New Orleans and NYC provided moist atmospheres for expression, much of that 'caught' here by Gatewood. While on assignment for Rolling Stone in London, Gatewood got to hang with Burroughs and Gysin. That meeting fruited into Burroughs providing the text. To compliment the images perfectly, read the words in your head using Burroughs distinctive, grating rasp.

4.0 out of 5 stars BIZARRE, January 9, 2008

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den-of-antiquity (North Carolina Mountains) - See all my reviews

This Bizarre underground classic was photographed at the end of the hippy era by Charles Gatewood and included commentary by William S. Burroughs. The photos are seedy, surrealistic, disturbing and thought provoking even without the text. Burroughs' text, however, adds a dimension of examination (and self examination,) drawing one into the scene, giving a sense of attitude and mood. You will not walk away from this book unscathed.