Lance Gurwell photograph at Naropa: July 24. 1982

Lance Gurwell (GSP, later printing), 1982. 8" X 10".

Print from original negative by photographer Lance Gurwell, acquired directly from the photographer. Not signed.

Front row (L to R): unknown, Fran Landesman, Carolyn Cassady, Jay Landesman, Gerald Nicosia, Regina Weinreich, William S. Burroughs.

Middle Row (L to R): Paul Jarvis, Anne Waldman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Nanda Pivano, John Clellon Holmes, Robert Creeley, Peter Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg, Al Aronowitz.

Back Row (L to R): Clark Coolidge (between Waldman & Ferlinghetti), Jack Micheline, Ann Charters, Sam Charters, Paul Krassner, Timothy Leary, Leary’s girlfriend, unknown man in glasses, Abbie Hoffman.

Taken at the 25th anniversary celebration of the publication of Jack Kerouac's novel, On the Road, held on the University of Colorado campus at Boulder, presented by Naropa Institute. Kerouac's close friend, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, organized and ran the 10-day long event, which was described by Beat writer John Clellon Holmes as being the largest gathering of Beats ever.