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Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Trust
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Montgomery, Ala., 1965.
Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Trust
Paul Newman sits in Malibu, Calif., 1964.
The Journal of Photography — Lying hidden away in Dennis Hopper’s home until their discovery months after the artist’s death in 2010, this collection of photographs, exhibited in 1969-70 at the Fort Worth Art Center Museum, and now in Berlin, is a testament to Hopper’s prolific and enormous talent behind the camera. These photographs are spontaneous, intimate, poetic, observant, and decidedly political. While some are portraits of figures within Hopper’s circle of actor, artist, musician, and poet friends — including Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg — they also include images from his extensive travels in Los Angeles, New York, London, Mexico, and Peru. Hopper’s abiding support of the civil rights movement and social justice is evident in his shots from the march on Selma and Harlem street scenes. Throughout this volume Hopper’s sensitive, keenly observant eye shines through, making it clear that he was a deeply committed chronicler of the events that were unfolding around him.
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Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Trust
A Standard gas station sits open in Los Angeles, 1961.
Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Trust
Andy Warhol and members of The Factory, Gregory Markopoulos, Taylor Mead, Gerard Malanga, Jack Smith, in New York City, 1963.
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That dude makes some dope salad dressing.
That's Paul Newman, not Dennis Hopper.
No, Zombie, it's Hopper. Richard is talking about his recipe for Chronic Bleu Cheese, aka "Dope Salad Dressing".
You guys are totally silly. I must concur that Paul Newman's salad dressing is delicious. lol.
breath taking prints... i would love to see the full display
Dennis Hopper ruled... just another awesome Dude that left way before his time, as did Carlin, Kinison, Pryor, Dangerfield and Candy.
Great shots, but can you make the captions even smaller? My eyes don't hurt enough from pressing them against my monitor.
Hopper did a lesbian porn shoot for Hustler back in the 80s, I think. He said he was so naive, he didn't realize women in porn mags were faking it. He insisted on getting two women who would really go at it.
From his time on Twilight Zone to Easyrider, Dennis Hopper was one great person. His style and persona
will never be equaled
He was awesome on Twilight Zone. That was a classic episode that is rarely shown.
Apocalyptic Now and many other movies he made is a testament to the man. Spell check won't give me the correct spelling for Apoca......... Now
...GROOVY!
Blue Velvet..that says it all
Westerner and Marty - now don't be hatin' on Andres... what do you guys do for a living anyway? surf the web for sites with sappy writing until it pisses you off so much you have to go after folks who have commented positively on the post? Gosh, dudes, get a life. BTW - if you want to see a funny piece on what Henry Rollins did to Dennis Hopper at a Captain Beefheart retrospective check out this link:
Dennis Hopper knew how to immortalize himself in style.
Anyone's photographs of famous people are going to be interesting. Anyone's photographs of Warhol's Factory are going to be fascinating. Mine, yours, anyone's.
westerner8933
I must say that I am amused by your obvious rage over the fact that I called you out for the simple minded ass that you are. The sad part about it is that you are so determined to demonstrate to all reading the blog that in fact you really are a troll with little of interest to say. The smart move would have been to leave it alone so as not to make yourself look like a bigger jackass than you already are. Please wear your stupidity like a badge of courage because all you are doing is validating everything that I have said about you. You are misinformed, lowbrow, and just generally stupid and sadly very proud of being so. You are just what we do not need more of in this world, someone with a mouth larger than his brain that is determined to prove it to the rest of us. Have a good day and don’t forget to wipe the drool from your mouth.
wow you sound like a smart person speaking like that. Perhaps it is a jackass move, arrogant or whatever you wanna call it. It seems that sometimes it isn't about oneself. perhaps what your reading isn't real to begin with. but yet your so determined to give critics and hate to a person? Careful you might need to shove your own word back your throat ;) Welcome to the virtual planet