Allen Ginsberg's photobook "Reality Sandwiches" (1989)

Berlin, Germany: NiSHEN (Verlag Dirk NiShen GmbH) (book, photobook), 1989.

9.875" x 8.75" x 0.5", 95 pages, hardcover without dust-jacket as issued, ISBN 3-88940-043-4.

Reality Sandwiches by Allen Ginsberg, a monograph photobook published by NiSHEN (Berlin, Germany) in 1989. Presented and edited by Michael Köhler. The text is in the German language.

This contains numerous photos of William S. Burroughs – both some very well known images, and some that are very infrequently published.

Not in Shoaf.
Not in Schottlaender.

Contents: 

• Michael Köhler: "Einleitung":
• "The BEATS Go On"
• "Die Foto-Pause"
• "Das Umdenken"
• "Die neue Foto-Ästhetik"
• "Fotograpfische Poetik"
• Allen Ginsberg: "Einleitung":
• "Allen Ginsberg, Hafen von New York, Oktober 1947"
• "Selbstportrait, New York City, 24 September 1985"
• "Bill Burroughs, New York City, 1953"
• "Selbstportrait, Australien, 24 März 1972"
• "Berenice Abbott, New York City, 1985"
• "Robert Frank, New York City, 1984"
• "Harvy [sic, Harry] Smith, New York City, 12 Januar 1985"
• Allen Ginsberg: "Tafelteil":
• "I. New York, 1953":
• "Portrait snapshot by W.S. Burroughs... [image of Allen Ginsberg, New York City, 1953]"
• "Heroic portrait of Jack Kerouac with R.R. Brakeman's manual in pocket... [image of Jack Kerouac, New York City, 1953]"
• "'But Jack I've told you before...' [image of William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, New York City, 1953]"
• "William Burroughs on roof of apartment house... [image of William S. Burroughs, New York City, 1953]"
• "Bill Burroughs at bookshelf - window on fire escape... [image of William S. Burroughs, New York City, 1953]"
• "II: San Francisco, 1955/56":
• "My room in apartment I shared with Peter Orlovsky... [image of S.F. apartment, 1955]"
• "Bob Doulon (Rob Dounelay see J.K.'s Desolation Angels)... [image of Bob Doulon, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Robert La Vigne, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1955]"
• "Neal Cassady with cigarette... [image of used car salesman and Neal Cassady, North Beach, San Francisco, 1955]"
• "Neal Cassady young & handsome age 29... [two images of Neal Cassady, North Beach, San Francisco, 1955]"
• "Neal Cassady and Natalie Jackson conscious of their rôles in Eternity... [image Neal Cassady and Natalie Jackson, Market Street, San Francisco, 1955]"
• "Peter Orlovsky in bed... [image of Peter Orlovsky, Montgomery Street, San Francisco, 1955]"
• "Lafcadio, 17, and Peter Orlovsky, 22, at their apartment... [image of Lafcadio and Peter Orlovsky, Turner Terrace, San Francisco, 1956]"
• "III: On the Road, 1957-1964":
• "Jack Kerouac in Burroughs' garden... [image of Jack Kerouac, Villa Mouneria, Tangier, 1957]"
• "Peter Orlovsky and Jack Kerouac squinting... [image of Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac, and William S. burroughs on the beach, Tangier, 1957]"
• "Peter Orlovsky legs crossed, William Burroughs with camera... [image of Peter Orlovsky, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Alan Ansen, Paul Bowles, Gregory Corso, and Ian Sommerville, Villa Mouneria, Tangier, 1961]"
• "Gregory Corso, Paul Bowles... [image of Gregory Corso, Paul Bowles, William S. Burroughs, Ian Sommerville, and Michael Portman, Villa Mouneria, Tangier, 1961]"
• "Allen Ginsberg, Wm. Burroughs... [image of Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Gregory Corso, Villa Mouneria, Tangier, 1961]"
• "William S. Burroughs by garden wall... [image of William S. Burroughs, Villa Mouneria, Tangier, 1961]"
• "William Seward Burroughs Tanger Villa Mouneria 1961... [image of William S. Burroughs smoking, Villa Mouneria, Tangier, 1961]"
• "Paris 1957 Gregory Corso... [image of Gregory Corso eating grapes, Beat Hotel, Paris, 1957]"
• "A modest portrait, Allen Ginsberg & Gregory Corso... [image of Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso naked, Villa Mouneria, Tangier, 1961]"
• "Gregory Corso and myself, double portrait siamese twins... [image of Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso, Tangier, 1961]
• "Morning rooftop visit, Brahmin's house... [image of Allen Ginsberg feeding a monkey, Dasasumedh Ghet, Benares, India, 1963]"
• "Gary Snyder then studying Zen Buddhism... [image of Gary Snyder, Juniken-doro Street, Kyoto, Japan, 1963]"
• "Sea of Japan, travelling... [image of a naked Allen Ginsberg on the beach, Japan, 1963]"
• "Jerry Heiserman (later Sufi 'Hassan')... [image of Jerry Heiserman, Allen Ginsberg, Bobbie Louise Hawkins Creeley, Warren Tallman, Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, Thomas Jackrell, Philip Whalen, Don Allen, Vancouver, Canada, 1963]"
• "Philip Whalen, Jerry Heiserman & Thomas Jackrell... [Philip Whalen, Jerry Heiserman, and Thomas Jackrell, Portland, Oregon, 1963]"
• "Timothy Leary visiting Neal Cassady... [images of Timothy Leary and Neal Cassady in Merry Prankster bus, 1964]"
• "Neal Cassady & I went upstairs to attic... [image of woman and Neal Cassady in bed smoking, Millbrook, 1964]"
• "Jack Kerouac on visit to Manhattan... [image of Jack Kerouac, East 5th Street, Lower East Side, New York City, 1964] 
• "IV: New York, Die Achtziger Jahre":
• "View out my kitchen window... [image from Stuyvesant Town apartment window, New York City, 1984]"
• "Herbert Huncke... [image of Herbert Huncke, NYC, 1984]"
• "Robert Creeley one-eyed poet... [image of Robert Creeley, Naropa, Boulder, Colorado, 1984]"
• "William Burroughs... [image of William S. Burroughs, Varsity Townhouses, Boulder, Colorado, 1984]"
• "Richard Avedon, his studio... [image of Richard Avedon in studio, 1984]"
• "Lou Reed poet musician in Green Room... [image of Lou Reed, Lafayette Street, NYC, 1984]"
• "Robert and Pablo Frank... [image of Pablo Frank and Robert Frank, East 12th Street, NYC, 1984]"
• "Francesco Clemente and Ct. Nachiappan... [image of Francesco Clemente and Nachiappan, Kiev Restaurant, Second Avenue & 7th Street, NYC, 1984]"
• "Kay MacDonough, their son Nile... [image of Kay MacDonough, Nile, and Gregory Corso, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, 1984]"
• "Lawrence Ferlinghetti in his office... [image of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and dog, City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1984]"
• "The Burroughs Mob... [image of Stewart Meyer, Ira Silverberg, John Giorno, Andrew Wylie, James Grauerholz, and William S. Burroughs at the 'Bunker', 222 Bowery, NYC, 1985]"
• "Raymond Foye, curator of my first photography show... [image of Raymond Foye and Holly Solomon, NYC, 1985]"
• "Kathy Acker in Green Room... [image of Kathy Acker, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1985]"
• "Dick McBride, Shigeyoshi Murao both City Lights Bookshop pioneers... [image of Dick McBridge, Shig Murao, and Jack Micheline, Café Trieste, San Francisco, 1985]"
• "Front of Trieste Café... [image of Neeli Cherkovski, Dr. Jesse Cabrera, Gregory Corso, Nile Corso, and Kay MacDonough behind a street painter, near Café Trieste, San Francisco, 1985]"
• "Gathering at Henry Geldzahler's house... [image of John Giorno, Henry Geldzahler, Allen Ginsberg, Francesco Clemente, William S. Burroughs, Alan Ansen, and James Grauerholz and friend, NYC, 1985]"
• "Sandro Chia had been shooting... [image of Sandro Chia with a shotgun, NYC, 1985]"
• "Ed Sanders in his leafy front yard... [image of Ed Sanders, Woodstock, New York, 1985]"
• "Poet Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)... [image of Amiri Baraka, near Naropa, Boulder, Colorado, 1985]"
• "Anne Waldman, orator Poet directress... [image of Anne Waldman at Naropa, Boulder, Colorado, 1985]"
• "Norman Mailer joined William Burroughs at Naropa Institute... [image of Norman Mailer and William S. Burroughs at Naropa, Boulder, Colorado, 1985]"
• "Willem de Kooning in his studio... [image of Willem de Kooning, 1985]"
• "Yevgeny Yevtuchenko, his night supper table... [image of Yevgeny Yevtuchenko, near Moscow, Russia, 1985]"
• "Gregory Corso visiting cross... [image of Gregory Corso beneath a crucifix, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1986]"
• "Peter Orlovsky eating Chinese take-out supper... [image of Peter Hale and Peter Orlovsky, NYC, 1986]"
• "Philip Whalen, Sensei... [image of Whilip Whalen on a bed, East 12th Street, NYC, 1987]"
• "William Burroughs, film interview... [image of William S. Burroughs getting interviewed, with James Grauerholz in the foreground, NYC, 1986]"
• "Peter Orlovsky b.1933 visiting his family... [image of Peter Orlovsky and family, Long Island, New York, 1987]"
• "Gary and Masa Snyder after supper... [image of Gary and Masa Snyder, San Juan Ridge, newar Nevada City, California, 1988]"
• "Wolf Biermann, backyard arbor... [image of Wolf Biermann, Hamburg, Germany, 1988]"
• Wolf Biermann: 
• "Die Ballade vom Preußischen Ikarus" (lyrics)
• "Aus: Der Sturz des Dædalus" (essay)
• Bildlegenden
• Biographien