Dennis Hopper

                   






Of course you all know Dennis Hopper,right?
little resume:

Dennis Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During the next 10 years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films.

He directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award forBest Original Screenplay as co-writer. "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-classhypocrisies, Easy Rider became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishmentrebellion.Film critic Matthew Hays notes that "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper."

He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now (1979) brought him attention. He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He directed Colors (1988) and played the villain in Speed (1994). Hopper's later work included a leading role in the television series Crash. Hopper was also featured in the 2010 animated film Alpha and Omega as an Alpha-wolf named Tony. This movie was his last as he died of Prostate Cancer before its release in September 2010.

Hopper was also a prolific and acclaimed photographer, a profession he began in the 1960s.

I wanted to focus today on his photography which I find amazing..there have been many publications of his work,the Taschen book is quite good actually..

What's funny is that he's mostly known as an actor,but I'm more a fan of his photography..the only role I truly loved him in was in "blue velvet" anyways,enjoy these little pictures I found that were taken by him in the 60's..

just beautiful