Sometime between the fall of 1963 and the late summer of 1964, the actor and photographer Dennis Hopper stopped at an intersection in L.A., took out his Nikon, and made history.
The actor stopped at an intersection, took out his Nikon, and made history.
Interesting composition and a bit of Americana. Made history? How and why? An overstatement if I ever heard one.
The gas station is long gone along with the hole block and being replaced by another glass box. The art deco Vet building was a cool building.
and this is a publication that does not deserve to even utter his name
as Jack Nicholson said at his funeral, "...and they buried the 60's with him"
I hung 250+ Hopper B&W photographs in a show he had in SoHo in the mid 80’s. Can’t remember if this was in it but they were all pretty cool. Friends, fellow actors and old Hollywood.
I love LA; it’s in my soul.
What's the big deal????
It always amazes me how little effort it takes for a man to “make history”.
"Double Standard" - talk about iconic. A one-of-a-kind just like Hopper, himself.
Paywalled
Love this
It is an essence of America, it could be no other place and no other time.
And the other Hopper
Cool story. How about that Trump concentration camp in Florida though?
Hopper definitivement un de mes favoris.📸
Excellent article TY
I can't read the article but appreciate photos like this for their (non-judgmental?) appreciation for the landscape. We tend to attach pathologies to our ugly landscapes without thinking much about our fundamental interconnection with them. Here's one on Long Island. Color because it's 2014.
It has the look of those years, but what is so special about it?
Our library has Dennis Hopper : photographs 1961–1967 / and he was just very good.
Hi film for Twilight Zone “ He’s Alive” very much suits these times. How close to the truth too w all the white young men who are captive to MAGA and all the craziness.
This settlement is a cowardly capitulation by the corporate leaders of Paramount, and a fundamental betrayal of ‘60 Minutes’ and CBS News,” said Rome Hartman, a producer of the Harris interview for the show
Looks like an ancient Merle Haggard album cover.
Made history? He made a photograph.
Your mag has value But U need to find a way to regain an audience Posting Then Blocking AINT IT!
Curious — how is it that the article’s author is able to discern that the ‘61 Chevrolet directly facing the camera in this iconic photo is an Impala, and not a Belair or Biscayne, or a Brookwood or Parkwood station wagon?
That’s the five points Santa Monica, Doheny, and Melrose and that standard oil Chevron station closed in the late 80s
Meh!
He drove a Corvair convertible; a man of eccentric style and taste!
