Original oversize photograph of Jonas Mekas, circa 1980s

N.p. N.p., Circa 1980s. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of noted avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas at a coffee shop, circa 1980s. Annotations on the verso noting Mekas' name and the name of photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont.

A Lithuanian immigrant who fled Europe during World War II, Mekas settled in New York and became the most prominent voice of New American Cinema, a movement whose principles he articulated in his long-running "Village Voice" column. In 1969 he founded Anthology Film Archives and continued to create landmark films such as "Walden" (1969) and "Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania" (1972).

12 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine.

[Book #168082]