Keenan, Larry.

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Dates:
Birth 1943

Biographical notes:

Larry Keenan was a 1967 graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts. There he was a student of Michael McClure, who in 1965 invited him to take photographs of his circle of friends. This resulted in numerous opportunities to photograph major figures of the Beat scene over the course of more than a year. He continued photographing poets, artists and musicians of the San Francisco Bay Area counter culture while a high school photography teacher, 1967-1970. In 1970 he became a professional advertising and corporate photographer, starting an award-winning career with clients ranging from AT&T to Genentech to Williams-Sonoma. (Source: http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/keenan/ ).

From the description of Larry Keenan, Jr. photograph archive [graphic]. ca. 1965-2009. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 424641649

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Subjects:

  • Poets, American
  • Artists
  • Beat generation
  • Beat generation
  • Beat generation
  • Beat generation
  • Gay pride parades
  • Hippies
  • Peace movements
  • Rock groups
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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Places:

  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco Bay Area (as recorded)