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Christopher Lawrence Keenan is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left wing.
Keenan has transcended a few decades of American history and created a movie for us that is shot in still-frames, but which is alive and three-dimensional and.

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Biography

Larry Keenan, an internationally noted San Francisco Bay Area photographer, graduated with highest honors, from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1967, and majored in Design and Education. He holds two degrees, a Bachelors of Fine Arts and a Bachelors of Applied Art. He also holds a lifetime state teaching credential. During this period, Keenan photographed the final days of the Beat Generation. A selection of his "Beat Era" work is in the permanent collection of the Archives of American Artists in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

From 1967-70, Keenan taught Photography and Art at Concord High School in Concord, CA. In 1971, he won the James D. Phelan Award -- the most prestigious award bestowed upon California-born artists. Keenan has operated his own business as a professional photographer since 1970. He works in his studio and on location and has traveled the world on numerous commercial and personal assignments. His prized photographs are in museums and private collections throughout the world.

Because of his interest and tal

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The Beat Generation

Photographs by Larry Keenan

“I asked…how would you like to shoot some friends of mine?”

— Michael McClure

Collectors Favorites

Some of the most iconic photographs from The Beat Generation

Keenan Produced by Kurt Hemmer and Co-produced by Tom Knoff.

In 2011, shortly before Larry’s passing, an award wining documentary was released, produced by Kurt Hemmer and co-produced by Tom Knoff. The film was showcased at the Berkeley Film Festival — with Larry in attendance.

“Thanks to Larry Keenan's masterful photography, we are left with a visually potent view of the Beat Generation and beyond. Keenan's photo-documentation is necessary, for it captures many essential moments — of Ginsberg, Whalen, Cassady, Corso, McClure, Dylan, and many others.

Without Keenan's illustration of people and events that have already hooked us deeply, we would no doubt be struggling along empty-eyed, wondering where's the color, the depth, the light, and the angle of the Beats? We know their literature; we kno
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Larry Keenan: Beat Generation and Counterculture Photographer
Thanks to Larry Keenan's masterful photography, we are left with a visually potent view of the Beat Generation and beyond. Keenan's photo-documentation is necessary, for it captures many essential moments -- of Ginsberg, Whalen,Cassady, Corso, McClure, Dylan, and many others.
Without Keenan's illustration of people and events that have already hooked us deeply, we would no doubt be struggling along empty-eyed, wondering where's the color, the depth, the light, and the angle of the Beats? We know their literature; we know something about their personal biographies. Yet equally (if not more) important is knowing what everything looked like. Keenan has provided us the images. He has provided us the most incredible ocular journey,one that goes wham and hits us with sentiment and longing.
Keenan wasn't just behind the camera; he was and is part of the rich fabric that wraps around several ripples of "eras," including the Beat Generation.
Keenan has transcended a few decades of American history and created a m