Narrator: This small assemblage—made of nylon stockings, a tin can, candle wax, and other unorthodox materials—is a portrait of the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Made by artist Bruce Conner in 1960, the work deliberately flouts convention with its unheroic scale and use of junk materials.

2017年4月5日 · So on the occasion of his death, here are 20 photographs of Ginsberg—including a number that come with his original annotations, generously provided by his estate—for us to remember him by. Gary Snyder, Peter Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg.

2015年4月30日 · Narrator: This small assemblage—made of nylon stockings, a tin can, candle wax, and other unorthodox materials—is a portrait of the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Made by artist Bruce Conner in 1960, the work deliberately flouts convention with …

2010年9月16日 · Overview: 79 portrait photographs by Allen Ginsberg were shown in this exhibition, which explored the poet's photography from the 1950s when he first acquired a camera through his late images of the 1980s and 1990s. This was the first major exhibition devoted to Ginsberg's photographs.

This record is part of the Catalog of American Portraits, a research archive of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to reproduce images (if available) must be obtained from the portrait owner.

2010年4月14日 · The exhibition showcases examples of his now celebrated portraits of Beat writers such as Burroughs, Kerouac, and Ginsberg himself, starting just before they achieved fame with their publication, respectively, of Naked Lunch (1959), On the Road (1957), and Howl (1956), and continuing through the 1960s.

2011年6月4日 · Continuing our birthday celebration into the weekend, here’s a random smattering of images of Allen throughout his lifetime from our collection. Starting off with an early photo-booth shot of Allen and his brother Eugene, whose birthday we should mention is tomorrow.

Using his fame to advance social causes, Ginsberg became an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War and a champion of free speech, gay rights, and oppressed people around the world. Ginsberg’s early photographs languished among his papers until the early 1980s, when he rediscovered his old negatives.

Howard Greenberg Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of vintage photo booth strips, “drugstore” prints, and uniquely captioned prints by renowned poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997). This group of photographs made between the late 40s and early 80s, traces his life from New York to San Francisco to Tangier and elsewhere.

2013年11月7日 · Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) is primarily known as a great American poet, the figurehead of the Beat Movement. But from the early 1950s to about 1964, Ginsberg regularly used a cheap camera to take snapshots of his now famous pals, including the writers Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Neal Cassady.