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[ spring 2015 spring 2015 spring 2015 index [ new titles 5 [ backlist 48 photography 49 toiletpaper 62 fashion | lifestyle 64 contemporary art 67 alleged press 74 freedman | damiani 75 standard press | damiani 76 factory 77 urban art 78 music 80 architecture | design 82 collector's edition 84 collecting 93 [ contacts 95 [ distributors 96 2 [ new titles ] [ spring 2015 ] 3 new titles the drugstore camera dennis hopper 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- 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- 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- 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 asRebel 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.
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