The Beat Generation

[in the miso soup]

^yay, that sounds fantastic misosoup. you should post a picture in what are you wearing

and thanks for the beautiful quote, tinuviel

will do. just have to get around to unpacking first . . .

 

[Estella*]

has this been posted already?

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[softgrey]

this thread deserves more attention...


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[wolfy]

^ Indeed it does!
Here are some shots of the Beat Generation I found on corbis:

Neal Cassady with Hammer and Cigarette
Neal Cassady tosses his hammer around and smokes a cigarette. He carried the hammer with him while he traveled with Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters. Cassady is best known as the main character of Jack Kerouac's semi-autobiographical novels On The Road and Visions of Cody.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Ted Streshinsky
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED:1960s

William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac
Original caption by Allen Ginsberg: Bill and Jack locked in mortal combat with Moroccan dagger & broomstick club on the couch. 206 East 7th Street, Fall 1953, Jack came in weekends from Richmond Hill, Bill was staying in the little apartment with me editing Yage Letters. They had to hold still a full second while I steadied camera on back of chair. Iris Brodey?s canvas of Jackson Mac Low playing recorder on wall to right. September-October 1953.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Allen Ginsberg
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: ca. September 1953

Poet Gary Snyder in Restaurant
Beat poet Gary Snyder at a Kyoto restaurant. Allen Ginsberg met up with Gary Snyder in Japan before a poetry conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Allen Ginsberg
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: July 01, 1963

corbis.com
I love Beat style, so cool, relaxed, and fun, but most importantly intelligent.

 

[wolfy]

Here are some shots of perhaps the most influential of the group, Jack Kerouac.

Jack Kerouac Lounging in Chair
Jack Kerouac visits Allen Ginsberg's apartment for the last time.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Allen Ginsberg
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: ca. 1964

Jack Kerouac Holding Cat
Jack Kerouac holding William S. Burroughs' cat in Villa Muneria, Tangier in 1957; text written by Allen Ginsberg.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Allen Ginsberg

Jack Kerouac Making a Face Jack Kerouac makes a funny face while walking through the Lower East Side along East 7th Street, past a statue of Samuel Cox in Tompkins Square.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Allen Ginsberg
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: September 01, 1953

Jack Kerouac Smoking Cigarette in Fire Escape
Beat poet Jack Kerouac smokes a cigarette on an apartment's fire escape in the Lower East Side.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Allen Ginsberg
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: 1953

Jack Kerouac in Tangier Jack Kerouac in Villa Muneria, Tangier in late 1957; text written by Allen Ginsberg.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Allen Ginsberg
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: ca. 1957

corbis.com
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[Gincat]

Some great photographs posted! A few more tumblr.com
1. Neal Cassady and Kerouac
2.Gregory Corso (seated with hand on head) at a poetry reading party.
3. Ginsberg at Albert Memorial Hall

 

[Gincat]

From left, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Barney Rosset nytimes

Corso and the legendary Studs Terkel wfmt.com

 

[Gincat]

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