Dennis Hopper The Drugstore Camera

The Drugstore Camera feels like a stumbled-upon treasure, a
disposable camera you forgot about and only just remembered
to develop. Yet in this case the photographer is Dennis Hopper
and the photographs, remarkably, are never before published.
Shot in Taos, New Mexico, where Hopper was based following
the production of Easy Rider in the late 60s, the series was tak
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en with disposable cameras and developed in drugstore photo
labs. This clothbound collection documents Hopper’s friends
and family among the ruins and open vistas of the desert land
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scape, female nudes in shadowy interiors, road trips to and from
his home state of Kansas and impromptu still lifes of discarded
objects. These images, capturing iconic individuals, wide-open
Western terrain and drug-addled fun, create a captivating view
of the 60s and 70s that combines political idealism and opti
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mism with California cool.
Dennis Hopper(1936–2010) was born in Dodge City, Kansas. He
first appeared on television in 1954, and quickly became a cult
actor, known for films such as Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Easy
Rider (1969), The American Friend (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979),
Blue Velvet (1986) and Hoosiers (1986). In 1988, he directed the
critically acclaimed Colors. Hopper was also a prolific photogra
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pher, and published now classic portraits of celebrities such as
Andy Warhol and Martin Luther King Jr. His works are housed in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern
Art, New York and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among
others.

96 pages, 23,5 x 20,3 cm, hardcover.