Photographer and writer, Alain Dister (1941-2008) became known in 1966 by publishing in the very young magazine Rock&Folk a reportage on the beatniks and buzzing hippies in America. There he made surprising encounters with “beginners” named Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix…Thus introducing a whole generation in Europe to this youth culture of which he remained more than a privileged witness, a real actor.
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