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"This title presents the many worlds of Dennis Hopper. The sixties, in all their turbulence and revelation, have been documented many times over - but the photographic recollections of actor/artist/director Dennis Hopper have set themselves decidedly apart. Now an undisputed icon of the era, Hopper captured some of the most intriguing moments of his generation with a keen and intuitive eye. At the epicenter of a cultural upheaval that would transform art, music, and politics, 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 with equal insight and grace. These amazing images have been collected into a single extensive volume - over a third of them never before published and all mined from Hopper's own personal archive. In evocative, remarkably personal photos, Hopper captured the performers, the politicians, and the poets who defined those incredible years. And at the center of this intimate overview are the artists and collectors who would ignite the Pop Art movement and create some of the most potent visual imagery of the 20th century. In many ways this work is photography as film, a deeply poignant narrative expressed through a collection of unforgettable images. With his marriage to actress Brooke Heyward and his roles in ""Rebel Without a Cause and Giant"", a young Hopper's own fame allowed for an intimate connection with even his most celebrated subjects. The result is photography that captures the same energy and intensity that would later mark Hopper's work as actor and director. His early photos of Tijuana bull fights, L.A. happenings and urban street scenes are marked by an experimentation and imagination that would lead directly into the vivid cinematic imagery of Easy Rider and beyond. From a selection painstakingly made over the course of two decades by Hopper and longtime friend and infamous gallerist Tony Shafrazi, the book highlights Hopper's vast photographic career, with emphasis on the 1960s. Also integrated in this title are interviews with Hopper's famous subjects, as well as his family, friends, and extensive conversations with Hopper himself. With introductory essays by Shafrazi and Walter Hopps, co-founder of Los Angeles's legendary Ferus gallery, and an in-depth biography by journalist Jessica Hundley, this is an unprecedented exploration into the mind and experiences of one of America's most fascinating personalities."

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"""I was doing something that I thought could have some impact someday. In many ways, it's really these photographs, that kept me going creatively."" - Dennis Hopper"""

I was doing something that I thought could have some impact someday. In many ways, it's really these photographs, that kept me going creatively. - Dennis Hopper

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Walter Hopps was one of the premier curators of 20th century art. Co-founder of Los Angeles' Ferus Gallery and curator of the Pasadena Museum of Art, he was responsible for the first Marcel Duchamp retrospective in 1963. He went on to become the founding director of the Menil Collection in Houston. A filmmaker and frequently published art, music and film journalist, Jessica Hundley has directed several documentaries and recently completed her second book, a biography of country-rock legend Gram Parsons. Art-world impresario Tony Shafrazi broke new ground as the first gallerist to exhibit the likes of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. A contributor to dozens of artist's monographs, he represents photographers and painters from his gallery in New York including Dennis Hopper, David LaChapelle and Francis Bacon.

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