Beat: Photographs of Counter-Culture Icons – Christopher Felver
📷 Hardcover
An essential visual record of the Beat Generation and its extended creative circle, this rare and expansive volume by Christopher Felver offers the most comprehensive photography collection of its kind—capturing legendary figures of American counter-culture from the 1950s through the post-Beat era.
🔹 Featured Icons Include:
• William S. Burroughs
• Charles Bukowski
• Gregory Corso
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti
• Amiri Baraka
• Diane di Prima
• The Dalai Lama
• Richard Brautigan
• Carolyn Cassady
• Kathy Acker
• Willem & Elaine de Kooning
• Don Cherry, David Amram, The Fugs, and many more
📚 Highlights:
• 240 pages of black-and-white and color portraits
• Captures both well-known legends and lesser-seen figures of Beat and post-Beat culture
• A powerful visual history that brings the movement’s literary, musical, and artistic voices to life
• Ideal for collectors of Beat literature, photography, and underground art
🖤 Christopher Felver is known for his close access to many key figures in the American avant-garde, and this book stands as a testament to decades of creative friendship and artistic documentation.
📦 Condition: Brand new
📏 Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
📌 ISBN: 978-0-86719-671-9
A must-have for fans of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, and the entire Beat movement.
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