sums up the historical connection between the earliest Beats and Punk; likewise, his photo of Burroughs with Andy Warhol connects the Beats with Pop and with the Sixties New York underground. He is one of the first to combine Punk artists with those from the Hip-Hop movement.

As the ever-present still photographer on the set of Glenn O'Brien's TV Party, Grossman was able to benefit from O'Brien's skill at getting disparate minds to meet.

Grossman was never obsessed with the technical aspects of photography, but instead used his intuitive sense of composition to create Op, Pop, and Abstract style photos. For one series he photographed subjects using the skinny black ties popular at the time, as well as other strips of dark cloth, to create Mondrian-like geometric lines on their faces, bodies, and backgrounds.

The Internet has given us access to many of the exceptional works of the photographers of that era, among them David Godlis (who was inspired by Brassai as well as by the WPA photographers), Roberta Bayley, and Stephanie Chernikowski--to name a mere three. Their books are well worth owning, but nothing beats a print by the artist. Mina gives us a rare chance to see those by Bobby Grossman.