[Herbert Huncke, photobooth, Times Square circa 1940. Ginsberg Collection]
[above four photos: "Rare glimpse of storyteller Herbert E. Huncke, then strung out in his room Hotel Elite, N.E. corner of 8th Avenue & 51st Street diagonally opposite what was then Madison Square Garden. Saw him infrequently that season, Burroughs temporarily in town, found him mid-town to say goodbye on my way to Mexico, just before Christmas 1953. He fixed at that sink, Manhattan. (Ginsberg caption) Photos c. Allen Ginsberg Estate]
[Herbert Huncke, William & Joan Burroughs' farm near New Waverly, Texas, July 1947. Photo: c. Allen Ginsberg Estate]
[Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, and Peter Orlovsky. Cherry Valley, New York, 1968. Photo: Allen Ginsberg collection]
[Herbert E. Huncke - "New York, 1984, my kitchen, at the table, wry conversation - his new manuscript, Guilty of Everything, still to be edited" - later amended to "Herbert E Huncke - age 69 retired from the street on Methadone program, head tilted wise-eyed for wry conversation, about to say something charming, flattering or honest at the kitchen table New York March 1984. (Ginsberg caption) photo: c. Allen Ginsberg Estate]
[Herbert Huncke at Christine's Restaurant, 1st Ave & 12th St, New York City, circa 1989. Photo: c. Allen Ginsberg Estate]
[Herbert Huncke, New York City, circa 1989. Photo c. Allen Ginsberg Estate]
[Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, and Herbert Huncke, during a photo shoot by Timothy Greenfield Sanders for New York Magazine, September 29, 1995 Photo: c. Allen Ginsberg Estate]
One more Herbert Huncke salute. From the lens of Allen Ginsberg, a series of photographs of the Beat legend.