John Cohen

'Bob Dylan at my loft', 1962


Dylan at John Cohen's roof


Dylan at John Cohen's roof


Ramblin' Jack Elliot & Woody Guthrie, New Jersey, 1961


Woody Guthrie backstage, Cooper Union 1959



Reverend Gary Davis, New York City 1954


Wade Ward & Charlie Higgins, Galax, Vancouver 1961


'Jack Kerouac listening to himself on the radio', 1959


Mary Frank, 1959


Gregory Corso, Pablo, Mary & Robert Frank, 1959


Robert Frank 1958


Robert Frank & Manhattan Bridge


Robert Frank & Jack Kerouac on the set of 'Pull My Daisy' 1959


'Two Men on Porch', Premium, Kentucky 1959


'Two Women' Premium, Kentucky 1959


Gypsies, Oak Street, New Haven, 1955


Gypsy in mirror, Oak Street, New Haven 1955


'Goatman'


Kids at the circus, Philadelphia 1961


Harlem 1957


New Haven, 1955


New Haven 1955


East New York


East New York


Elm City Gim, New Haven 1955


Elm City Gim, New Haven 1955


Teen at ring, Elm City Gim, New Haven 1955


Kiku, Q'eros, Peru 1957


Mother watching her children play with wool


Penny, Peru 1964


'Three Heads', Q'eros, Peru, 1956


Raymundo and Andrea, Q'eros, Peru 1956


Blessing the warp, Tinta, Peru 1956


Chucuito plaza celebration, 1964


Final passes, Peru 1957


Hautun, Q'eros, Peru 1957


'Dance od the Old Men', Juli, Peru 1956


Juli band at Festival, 1956


Kiku, planting potatoes, 1964


Tupe, Peru


Domingo Chompi and panpipes, Q'eros, Peru 1964

John Cohen es un músico, fotógrafo y cineasta, colaborador ocasional de Alan Lomax, que contribuyó al resurgimiento del folk norteamericano con su banda New Lost City Ramblers además de fotografiar, grabar o filmar a numerosos músicos y costumbres tradicionales a lo largo y ancho de la geografía americana en lugares como Kentucky, Los Apalaches o los territorios andinos peruanos. Al mismo tiempo fue un testigo de excepción del ambiente contracultural y las artes experimentales de los 50s y 60s frecuentando a personajes como Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frank o Dylan (cuando éste aún era un completo desconocido) entre muchos otros.

John Cohen is a musician, photographer and filmmaker, occasionally collaborating with Alan Lomax, who contributed to the American folk revival with his band New Lost City Ramblers besides photographing, recording or filming traditional musicians and customs throughout the American geography in places like Kentucky, the Appalachians or the Peruvian Andean territories. At the same time he was a witness to the counter-cultural environment and experiment arts of the 50s and 60s hanging with guys such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frank and a still unknown Dylan among many others.

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