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November 9, 2018
November 9th – Robert Frank‘s birthday, his 94th birthday
We draw your attention to previous Robert Frank birthday postings here on the Allen Ginsberg Project – here, here, here, here and here
Don’t Hide The Madness – the William[…]
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Tag: Robert Frank
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August 28, 2018
John Shoesmith’s interview with Bob Rosenthal continues
JS: Would the captions change much then, the more he was captioning? Especially some of the iconic ones which he must have captioned dozens of times.
BR: Sometimes the difference would be the change of an adjective, a tweaking, but sometimes something will come up[…]
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August 21, 2018
Robert Frank – New York City, September 1993 – photo: Allen Ginsberg]
John Shoesmith interviews Jacqueline Gens on Allen Ginsberg’s Photography – continues
JS: Do you have any favourites from the collection?
JG: I loved the portraits from the 1980s. The one of Juanita Lieberman, from the Twelve Trees book, one of[…]
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August 20, 2018
Long before she began working with Allen Ginsberg in the 1980s, Jacqueline Gens was inspired by the Beat writers. Discovering their work when she was in her teens, she points to Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Kaddish” as one that “just rocked my world.” A poet in her[…]
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August 14, 2018
John Shoesmith interview with Sid Kaplan on his work as printer of Allen Ginsberg’s photography continues
JS: I’m sure that famous Kerouac photo on the fire escape was one you probably could have done in your sleep, seeing as you probably printed it dozens[…]
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August 13, 2018
John Shoesmith’s interviews with those involved with Allen as a photographer continues. Today – Sid Kaplan
Although largely known outside the world of photography, the name Sid Kaplan is legendary, particularly within the New York City photography scene. While a highly-respected photographer in his own right,[…]
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August 7, 2018
Brian Graham on Allen Ginsberg’s photography – continues
JS: I’m interested in Allen and his photographic “eye” – did he know what he was looking for when he was looking at a contact sheet and what he’d want printed?[…]
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August 6, 2018
Brian Graham‘s journey from his birthplace of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia to New York City bgan in the early 1980’s when he met the famed photographer Robert Frank, who for many years has spent his summers in the Maritimes. Sensing that Graham was curious about[…]
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July 31, 2018
Raymond Foye on Allen Ginsberg’s photography – continued from yesterday
JS: Robert Frank was obviously an important influence for Allen.
RF: For most people I knew, Allen was a real hero, but Allen had his own heroes, and Robert was certainly one of them. Allen worshipped Robert. So the photography was a[…]
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July 30, 2018
John Shoesmith interviews Raymond Foye on Allen Ginsberg’s photography
JS: You knew Allen before you started working with the photographs. How did your role with the photos begin?
RF: I met Allen in 1973 when I was sixteen, and a junior at Lowell High School.[…]
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