Ira Cohen

Ira Cohen  "At the court of the Golden Emperor, the Majoon Traveler and Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism"  1966-70

I am on a bit of an Ira Cohen kick at the moment.  Visionary poet, and psychedelic photographer and filmmaker, he is perhaps best known for his opiate, phantasmagorical film, The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda.  One of his finest visual tricks is shooting via mylar, as evidenced by these gorgeous portraits of his mystic, artistic pals like Jimi Hendrix and Alejandro Jodorowsky.

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[Will @ A Journey Round My Skull]

I've always loved the mylar photos.

Last week I was thinking of them when I stumbled on the mirror photos of Kertesz:

http://artbite.fr/Andre-Kertesz-1912-1972.html

Will

[Pam]

Very cool!