Allen Ginsberg, QE2, Albany, NY, 11/29/90
Dan Wilcox is an Albany, NY, poet and photographer who claims to have the world’s largest collection of photos of unknown poets. But many of the poets he has photographed over the years are, in fact, very well known. Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Quincy Troupe are among the illustrious authors who have found their way to Albany. Also pictured here are dg’s friends, the novelist William Kennedy who, as director of the New York State Writers Institute, hosts many of the visiting writers, a young Pierre Joris whose translations have been published on NC, and Susan Novotny, owner of the Bookhouse.
I started taking photos many years ago of poets & writers reading their work & my photos have been used for the cover of poetry chapbooks, for publicity & author’s photos, in poetry magazines & online. Before digital cameras, I was often the lone photographer in the audience. I estimate to have approximately 10,000 photos, many of famous poets & writers, but mostly the unknown community poets who read at open mics in the Capital District area. You can many of my photos at www.flickr.com/photos/dwlcx. —Dan Wilcox
Author Photos
By Dan Wilcox
Allen Ginsberg adjusting his camera, QE2, Albany, NY 112/29/90
Allen Ginsberg & William Kennedy, Half Moon Cafe, Albany, NY 11/30/90
Quincy Troupe, 10/19/91, QE2, Albany, NY
Anne Waldman, with Devin Waldman, 11/15/96, QE2, Albany, NY
Lawrence Ferlinghetti with Susan Novotny, The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY 9/30/94
Lawrence Ferlinghetti with Pierre Joris, 9/30/94, Albany, NY
—Photos by Dan Wilcox
Dan Wilcox is the host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, N.Y. and is a member of the poetry performance group “3 Guys from Albany”. As a photographer, he claims to have the world’s largest collection of photos of unknown poets. His chapbook “boundless abodes of Albany” is available from Benevolent Bird Press of Delmar, NY. You can read his Blog about the Albany poetry scene at dwlcx.blogspot.com.
Dan Wilcox, photo by Julie Mereson, August 2010
(Post design by Mahtem Shiferraw)
Thanks Doug for giving these photos a cyber wall to hang on.
Peace,
DWx
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