Dennis Hopper : photographs 1961-1967

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During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere - on film
sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways
and walking on political marches. He photographed movie idols, pop stars, writers,
artists, girlfriends, and complete strangers. Along the way he captured some of the
most intriguing moments of his generation with a keen and intuitive eye. A reluctant icon
at the epicenter of that decade's cultural upheaval, Hopper documented
the likes of Tina Turner in the studio. Andy Warhol at his first West Coast show,
Paul Newman on set, and Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights March
from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. From a selection of photographs compiled
by Hopper and gallerist Tony Shafrazi - more than a third of them previously
unpublished - this extensive volume distills the essence of Hopper's brilliantly
prodigious photographic career. Also included are introductory essays
by Tony Shafrazi and legendary West Coast art pioneer Walter Hopps, and an
extensive biography by journalist Jessica Hundley. With excerpts from Victor
Bockris's interviews of Hopper's famous subjects, friends, and family, this volume
is an unprecedented exploration of the life and mind of one of America's most
fascinating personalities.