Lance Hendrickson, Tangier, 1961. We met in street, he was hiking thru Europe, stayed a week, chaste, but allowed me to photograph him thus. Saw him again in San Francisco 1963 w/ a motorcycle.
1961, printed later
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18 × 12.2 cm (7 1/16 × 4 13/16 in.) sheet: 25 × 20 cm (9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gary Davis
Accession Number
2012.118.55
Art Historical Context
This gelatin silver print captures a fleeting, intimate encounter in Tangier, Morocco, in 1961. Allen Ginsberg, the renowned Beat poet, met Lance Hendrickson on the street during the young man’s hike through Europe. Hendrickson stayed a week, and though their connection remained chaste, he allowed Ginsberg to photograph him in this unguarded moment. The handwritten caption adds a personal narrative, noting a later reunion in San Francisco in 1963, when Hendrickson arrived on a motorcycle. Ginsberg’s photography often documented the countercultural circles and chance meetings that defined his ...
About the Artist
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), born in Newark, New Jersey, emerged as a multifaceted figure in American culture, best known as a Beat Generation poet but also a prolific visual artist whose photographs, drawings, and prints captured the raw energy of his era. His early life offers little documentation on artistic training, though he attended Columbia University in the 1940s, where he formed connectio...