Portraits F - I

Allen Ginsberg

John Hammond introduced me to Allen Ginsberg in 1981 and that was fortuitous because Allen and I worked on various projects until his death in 1997. The first project was a two LP recording entitled First Blues and the last was Gay Day, a book that was never released until nine years after Allen’s death. In the 1980s Allen became increasingly interested in photography and even though he used a small Olympus in those years he was fascinated with my wooden Deardorff, which I used to take this portraits of him at his East 12th Street apartment in 1986. He’s holding a portrait he took of his uncle who was dying in a New York City hospital. 

Al Hirschfeld in his Studio 1, New York City, January 23, 2002

Al Hirschfeld in his Studio 2, New York City, January 23, 2002

Al Hirschfeld in his Studio 3, New York City, January 23, 2002

Allen Ginsberg & Andrei Voznesensky at Allen Ginsberg's home, New York City, June 17, 1985

Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs & Peter Orlovski New York City February 9, 1984

Allen Ginsberg, Joe Strummer & Mick Jones, New York City, December 19, 1981

Allen Ginsberg, John Cage, Nam June Paik & Merce Cunningham New York City, December 19, 1983

Allen Ginsberg, New York City, August 1987

Allen Ginsberg, New York City, May 11, 1986

Allen Ginsberg, Steven Taylor & Lawrence Ferlinghetti, New York City, Winter 1985

Allen Ginsberg & Gregory Corso, New York City, May 11, 1986

Allen Ginsberg & Gregory Corso, New York City, May 1985

Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky New York City, February 9, 1984

Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky, New York City, June 10, 1982

Allen Ginsberg & William S. Burroughs 1, New York City, February 9, 1984

Allen Ginsberg & William S. Burroughs 2, New York City, February 9, 1984

Allen Ginsberg New York City, May 11, 1986

Astrud Gilberto, New York City, November 1976

Astrud Gilberto 1, New York City, November 1979

Astrud Gilberto 2, New York City, November 1979

Dizzy Gillespie at Home Englewood, New Jersey, March 19, 1991

Edward Gorey, New York City, April 5, 1977

Gene Hackman 1, at the Chateau Marmont, Hollywood California, April 17, 2000

Gene Hackman 2, at the Chateau Marmont, Hollywood California, April 17, 2000

Gene Hackman 3, at the Chateau Marmont, Hollywood California, April 17, 2000

Gregory Hines, New York City, April 19, 2001

Hans Falk, New York City, June 22, 1984

James Garner on the Warner Brothers Lot 1, Burbank, California April 19, 2000

James Garner on the Warner Brothers Lot 2, Burbank, California April 19, 2000

Joyce Fay, New York City, November 1979

Laura Foreman, New York City, March 1980

Laura Foreman 1, Brooklyn New York, June 20, 1981

Laura Foreman 2, Brooklyn New York, June 20, 1981

Nat Hentoff, New York City, February 8, 2000

Sybil Huskey, New York City, 1979

William Goldman at home New York City, February 9, 2000