Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album, Royal Academy - exhibition preview
Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper’s portraits of Sixties America will be shown for the first time in London
Star couple: Jane Fonda and director Roger Vadim in a picture taken by Dennis Hopper at their 1965 wedding in Las Vegas (Picture: Dennis Hopper/The Hopper Art Trust)
© Dennis Hopper/The Hopper Art Trust
A collection of more than 400 photographs by Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper capturing American culture in the Sixties is this week to go on show in London for the first time.
Subjects of the images, being shown at the Royal Academy, include Hell’s Angels, Martin Luther King, Hopper’s fellow actors Jane Fonda and Paul Newman, director Roger Vadim and artists Andy Warhol and David Hockney.
Images from Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album
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Easy Rider star Hopper took the pictures between 1961 and 1967 after he was encouraged by James Dean.
Curator Petra Giloy-Hirtz said: “He was a chronicler of his times.”
Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album, Jun 26-Oct 19, admission £10. royalacademy.org.uk
