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Allen Ginsberg Photographs

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by: Allen Ginsberg See Larger Image List Price: $60.00 Amazon.com's Price: $37.80 You Save: $22.20 (37%) as of 12/24/2009 16:31 EST Used Price: $19.98 Collectible Price: $71.40 Third Party New Price: $37.80 Availability: Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 779.2092 EAN: 9780942642421 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0942642422 Label: Twin Palms Publishers Manufacturer: Twin Palms Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 132 Publication Date: 1991-05 Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers Studio: Twin Palms Publishers Related Items: Collected Poems 1947-1997 Travels With Ginsberg: A Postcard Book, Allen Ginsberg Photographs 1944-1997 The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (Deluxe Two-Disc Set) On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Allen Ginsberg CD Poetry Collection: Booklet and CD see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - if you get it, you'll get it 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, ... Read More Rating: - Thank God He Always Carried That Camera... 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. Rating: - Ok... It was a nice gift...all the pictures were black and white, mostly of his family and friends. Good for a Ginsberg fanatic. Rating: - The Texture Of Literary History From the close up photo of aging King Junkie Burroughs to the bathroom snap of naked, youthful Ginsberg and Corso, this massive collection of black and whites, circa Beat Generation, is quite amazing. Each photo is captioned in Ginsberg's own hand and his descriptions/musings tell the story of the Horsemen of Apocalyptic Literature as they roamed through their own private world. I highly recommend this photo essay to fans of that special genre of writing and living. Rating: - History and Art 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.

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