Stephen Aiken's "Artists in Residence: Downtown New York in the 1970s" (2023)

Miami, Florida: Letter16 Press (book, photography, 1st), 2023.
10.25" x 11.25" x 0.625", hardcover with dust-jacket, 96 pages, 500 first edition copies printed, ISBN 978-1-95394-03-2.

Artists in Residence: Downtown New York in the 1970s by Stephen Aiken, a monograph photography book published in an edition of 500 hardcover copies by Letter16 Press (Miami, Florida, US) in 2023. Foreword by Walter Robinson. Introduction and editing by Brett Sokol. Book design by Francesco Casale.

This contains a series of images of William S. Burroughs, John Giorno, Allen Ginsberg, and Patti Smith from the April 1974 Burroughs & Giorno reading at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery (The Poetry Project), with Burroughs on pages 27, 29, and 30-31.

Contents:

• Walter Robinson: foreword
• Brett Sokol: introduction
• Stephen Aiken: "Artists in Residence":
• East Village, 1976
• Grand Street, 1974
• SoHo, 1974
• Corner of Lafayette Street and Grand Street, 1974
• East Ninth Street, East Village, 1974
• Lafayette Street, 1974
• East Village, 1978
• Falco's Chicken Market, Grand Street, 1974
• Corner of Lafayette Street and Grand Street, 1974
• Catherine Street overlooking the Manhattan Bridge, 1974
• Catherine Street overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge, 1974
• Joseph Beuys, The New School, West Village, January 1974
• Joseph Beuys, The New School, West Village, January 1974
• Joseph Beuys, The New School, West Village, January 1974
• Hannah Wilke, Joost Rameau, Saul Ostrow, Joseph Beuys
• William Burroughs, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• John Giorno, St. Mark's Church in-the Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• William Burroughs, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• William Burroughs, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• Allen Ginsberg, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• Patti Smith, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• Patti Smith, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• Allen Ginsberg, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East Village, April 1974
• SoHo, 1974
• SoHo, 1974
• Little Italy, 1974
• Corner of Bowery and Spring Street, 1976
• Little Italy, 1976
• The Bowery, 1974
• Stephen Aiken inside his loft in The Bowery, 1974
• Judas inside his loft in The Bowery, 1974
• The Bowery, 1974
• The Bowery, 1974
• Susan Hannah, Steven Smulka, Stephen Aiken, Elvira Lopez, Saul Ostrow inside Aiken's Bowery loft, 1975
• The Bowery, 1975
• The Bowery, 1975
• Leonard Cohen, The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, November 1974
• Leonard Cohen, The Bottom Line, Greenwich Village, November 1974
• The Bowery, 1975
• Delancey Street between Chrystie Street and Bowery, 1975
• Delancey Street between Chrystie Street and Bowery, 1975
• Delancey Street between Chrystie Street and Bowery, 1975
• Delancey Street between Chrystie Street and Bowery, 1975
• Corner of Bowery and Delancey Street, 1975
• East Village, 1978
• East Village, 1978
• John Cale, CBGB, East Village, 1978
• John Cale, CBGB, East Village, 1978
• Ivan Kral onstage with John Cale, CBGB, East Village, 1978
• John Cale, CBGB, East Village, 1978
• Saul Ostrow, SoHo, 1975
• Klaus Kertess and Susan Hannah at the exhibition of Saul Ostrow's "An Introduction to an Indoctrination (For B. Brecht)", Bykert Gallery, SoHo, 1975
• The Bowery, 1976
• The Bowery, 1976
• East Village, 1978
• Saul Ostrow's "Work for the Unemployed" art installation, Times Square, April 1976
• Saul Ostrow's "Work for the Unemployed" art installation, Times Square, April 1976
• Bob Dylan, Madison Square Garden, January 1974
• The view from the Williamsburg Bridge, looking north, 1976
• Lower East Side, 1977
• Lower East Side, 1977
• Second Avenue and St. Marks Place, 1978
• East Village, 1978
• Ron Gustavson, East Village, 1978
• East Village, 1984
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