Beat Memories

... an exhibition of Allen Ginsberg's photographs at the National Gallery of Art (May 2–September 16, 2010). © Copyright 2010 The Allen Ginsberg LLC. All rights reserved.



Audio: National Gallery photo curator Sarah Greenough talks with archivist Bill Morgan

Neal Cassady and Natalie Jackson in San Francisco in 1955. Can anyone identify the movie theater?

William Burroughs in Metropolitan Egyptian Wing in 1953.

Gregory Corso in Paris attic room at 9 Rue Gît-le-Coeur in 1957.

Kerouac on East 7th Street at Tompkins Park in 1953.