A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.
A picture of the book San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s published in New York City by Gotham Book Mart in 1975.

San Francisco Renaissance Photographs 1950s–60s Gotham Book Mart

$40.00

Offering: San Francisco Renaissance: Photographs of the ’50s and ’60s. New York City: Gotham Book Mart, 1975. Edited with an introduction by Merrill Greene.

Good in pictorial wraps as published. Exhibition catalog. Covers show edge wear, creasing, rubbing, and toning; spine and staples remain intact. Interior pages are complete, with mild age-toning and handling wear, but photographs remain strong and fully legible throughout. Corner bump. A solid, honest example of a frequently handled catalog from a landmark period.

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Published in conjunction with the 1975 exhibition at the Gotham Book Mart Gallery, this catalog documents the San Francisco Renaissance as seen through photography—capturing the artists, poets, and cultural collisions that bridged Beat, post-Beat, and countercultural movements. Rather than polished studio work, the images emphasize proximity, informality, and lived experience.

The book includes photographs of—and by—key figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bob Dylan, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Lew Welch, and Wallace Berman—including Berman’s iconic Peyote Eyes image reproduced on the cover. Photographers represented include Patricia Jordan, Larry Keenan Jr., Chester Kessler, Jerry Burchard, and others closely embedded in the scene. Catalogs like this were printed in modest numbers, sold to exhibition visitors, and rarely preserved with care. Clean copies are uncommon, but complete copies—especially with strong photographic plates—remain highly collectible for Beat scholars, photography collectors, and anyone building a serious San Francisco–centric archive.

A foundational visual document of the San Francisco Renaissance, priced for the collector who values content, context, and survival over cosmetic perfection.

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Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 12 × 10 × 1 in

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