John "Hoppy" Hopkins

John 'Hoppy' Hopkins: From the Hip
Publisher's Description
Radical British political activist John “Hoppy” Hopkins—who opened
the legendary UFO, London’s first psychedelic club, and published The
International Times, London’s first daily underground paper—arrived in
London in 1960 and started working immediately as a photojournalist.
Well-known for his uniquely dynamic images of the Beatles, The
Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithful, Hopkins studied physics at
Cambridge and was set on becoming a nuclear physicist early on.
Though he focused on rock music, Hopkins also explored its roots, capturing
blues and jazz greats like John Lee Hooker, Sonny Williamson,
Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington. For five years, he published his
work in such papers as The Sunday Times, The Observer, Melody Maker,
Jazz Journal and Peace News.With more than 150 images, this volume
presents the most comprehensive survey of Hopkins’ work ever
assembled, spanning the breadth of his career from his earliest shots
of musicians to his later immersion in the psychedelic scene. Hopkins
stopped working as a photojournalist in 1965, and began documenting
his universe: drugs and drug users, Hells Angels, mods, Beats, tattoo
artists and others who left a mark on the 60s counterculture,
Vietnam protests, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. This remarkable
publication documents the full spectrum of the political and cultural
changes of his time.
ISBN: 8862080182
Publisher: Damiani
Hardcover : 160 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 8.4 x 11.7 x 0.8 inches
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Publisher: Damiani
Hardcover : 160 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 8.4 x 11.7 x 0.8 inches