Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (08/24)

Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors

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The prophetic, wildly eccentric Sinclair Beiles was fiercely protected by Madame Rachou. With Brion Gysin, he helped William Burroughs to complete the manuscript of “Naked Lunch” for Maurice Girodias of The Olympia Press, for whom Beiles worked.
One bitter winter, he was about to leave the hotel naked, carrying a mattress on his back to give it to Clochards, to sleep on in Notre-Dame. Some years later in an Arctic like winter the army provided beds for the tramps in the Cathedral. 1960.

Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 15 ½ by 10 ½ on 16 by 12”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 58

Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01

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Gregory Corso in “Le Mistral”, where seminars and poetry readings were held. Spring 1957.

Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 9 by 6 ½” on 11 ⅛ by 9 ⅜”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 58

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1963, Harold Norse claimed to be prophetic; he was. “This flea-bag shrine will be documented by art historians and make it into history”, he said. It is indeed.

Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 10 ⅝ by 15 ½ on 12 by 16”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 67

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Room 32: Self-portrait. Improvising a ‘darkroom’ by covering the bed with coats, and with lights off and curtains closed, I would dive under the bedding to load the tank with film. Developed in the sink and dried in a corner, the films were often damaged.

Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 19 ¾ by 13 ¾”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 60 and in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 144

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Poet Allen Ginsberg in his room at the Beat Hotel, 9 Rue Gît-Le-Cœur, Paris, Christmas 1956

Quadtone Black Inkjet, Giclée Print on Archival Cotton Fiber Paper, 310g, size 12 by 8″, signed. Part of “The Beat Hotel” Portfolio, a selection of 20 photographs by Harold Chapman. Published in a limited edition in 2000.

Harold Chapman

William Seward Burroughs in the café of the Beat Hotel, 9 Rue Gît-Le-Cœur, Paris

Quadtone Black Inkjet, Giclée Print on Archival Cotton Fiber Paper, 310g, size 12 by 8″, signed. Part of “The Beat Hotel” Portfolio, a selection of 20 photographs by Harold Chapman. Published in a limited edition in 2000. Also published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 72

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Cordially,

Rolf Goellnitz