Description
This collection is comprised of eighteen portraits of Beat Generation luminaries and seven poets, writers, and artists photographed
by Christopher Felver between the years 1980 and 2001. The portraits are presented as silver gelatin prints and include such
subjects as: Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, Susan Sontag, Amiri Baraka, and Edward
Kienholz .
Background
Christopher Felver is an American-born photographer and filmmaker living in Sausalito, California. Felver was raised in Akron,
Ohio. He majored in history at the University of Miami and studied film at the London College of Photography. He is best known
for his portraiture photography, particularly, his photographs of Beat Generation personalities Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
William Burroughs and Gregory Corso. Felver has shown solo photographic exhibitions at the Torino Fotografia Biennale Internazionale
in Torino, Italy in 1989; the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France in 1994; Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles, California
in 2002; and the Robert Berman Gallery in Los Angeles, California in 2007. In addition to being a prolific photographer, Felver
has produced several acclaimed films including
West Coast: Beat and Beyond (1984);
John Cage Talks about Cows (1987);
The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1996);
Donald Judd's Marfa Texas (1998); and
Cecil Taylor: All the Notes (2006). His films have been screened at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival, the National Gallery of Art in Washington,
D.C, The New York Public Library and the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. Felver's books include
The Late Great Allen Ginsberg;
Seven Days in Nicaragua Libre;
The Poet Exposed;
Ferlinghetti Portrait;
Angels, Anarchists and Gods;
The Importance of Being; and
Beat.
Extent
1 box [25 silver gelatin photographic prints]
(.5 linear ft.)
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.