this fascinating series of images (above kerouac, below neal cassady) taken from beat poet allen ginsberg’s photo diary have been rediscovered in the US and can be viewed here
i am currently rereading some of jack kerouac’s best books (ranked amongst my all-time favourites) at the moment, so it is particularly poignant to see the two images below of kerouac in ’53 on his rise to fame and then barely 10 years later looking very sad, disillusioned and drunk…
(via ‘silver lining’)
congratulations to all of the finalists in this years dda awards, my ‘generations’ illustration was actually nominated but didn’t make it into the final rounds, oh well maybe next year… good luck to everyone on the list in october… if the dda’s website jittery flash interface annoys you, this article is a lot easier to navigate
if you read this blog regularly you may know i’ve been following pepsi and it’s image changes for years, here they go again…
hot to write anything or work… so no news today, i’m off outdoors
really nice, intriguing poster from mister jona rotting and i’m not just saying that because he’s promised me a copy for my collection… (image shot by frequent collaborator ‘arjan benning’)