William Gedney

Really nice images from O’Rourke’s Bar, Brooklyn c.1960 by William Gedney. Maybe not as good as Cafe Lehmitz by Anders Petersen but still pretty awesome. Taken from How to be a retronaut via Duke University Library

All images © William Gedney

Anders Petersen

Cafe Lehmitz – Anders Petersen

‘In 1967, Anders Petersen started to photograph the late-night regulars (prostitutes, transvestites, drunks, lovers, drug addicts) in a bar in Hamburg, Germany, named Café Lehmitz, and continued that project for three years. His photobook of the same name, published in 1978, has since become regarded as a seminal book in the history of European photography.

‘The people at the Café Lehmitz had a presence and a sincerity that I myself lacked. It was okay to be desperate, to be tender, to sit all alone or share the company of others. There was a great warmth and tolerance in this destitute setting.’ – Anders Petersen’. Taken from How to be a retronaut.

All images © Anders Petersen

 

The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone

I so wish I could be here right now, please can I?

1960’s at the rotating Carousel Bar in New Orleans’ historic Hotel Monteleone. Taken from Kitschy Living.