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The Sixties: Photographs by Robert Altman
Mick Jagger. Ken Kesey. Timothy Leary. Allen Ginsberg. Jim Morrison. Neil Young. Abbie Hoffman. Jerry Garcia. Janis Joplin. Grace Slick. Pete Townshend. Ram Dass. Dennis Hopper. Peter Fonda. Jane Fonda. Jerry Rubin. Hippies on Mt. Tam. The March on Washington. Anti-war demonstrations. People's Park. Berkeley. Haight-Ashbury.
This new and expanded edition of The Photographs by Robert Altman brings together a collection of photographs of the people, events, culture, rock and roll stars, writers, political figures, and other iconic individuals and celebrities who made the sixties the most influential decade of the twentieth century.
While the first edition of the book is an established classic document of that turbulent decade, this new edition, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, features nearly double the amount of photographs and expanded captions with personal remembrances by Altman of the events surrounding the photographs, as well as color images not present in the original black-and-white edition.
The Sixties tells the story of that particularly colorful generation with the affection and devotion of someone who has experienced the revolution firsthand. Robert Altman's captivating photographs bring immense power to both quiet, intimate moments and scenes of thunderous anarchy alike.
This new and expanded edition of The Photographs by Robert Altman brings together a collection of photographs of the people, events, culture, rock and roll stars, writers, political figures, and other iconic individuals and celebrities who made the sixties the most influential decade of the twentieth century.
While the first edition of the book is an established classic document of that turbulent decade, this new edition, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, features nearly double the amount of photographs and expanded captions with personal remembrances by Altman of the events surrounding the photographs, as well as color images not present in the original black-and-white edition.
The Sixties tells the story of that particularly colorful generation with the affection and devotion of someone who has experienced the revolution firsthand. Robert Altman's captivating photographs bring immense power to both quiet, intimate moments and scenes of thunderous anarchy alike.
272 pages, Hardcover
Published November 7, 2017
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About the author
Robert Altman
31 books14 followersNoted American filmmaker and screenwriter Robert Altman directed such satires as
M*A*S*H
(1970) and
The Player
(1992).
People knew Robert Bernard Altman for a stylized but highly naturalistic perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.
The national registry selected Nashville for preservation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
People knew Robert Bernard Altman for a stylized but highly naturalistic perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.
The national registry selected Nashville for preservation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
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