Bob Cobbing, half-length portrait. facing slightly left, Stockholm, 1972

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Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Bob Cobbing, half-length portrait. facing slightly left, Stockholm, 1972

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Identifier
IM.CA.PC.0002.004
Dates
1972-04-01/1972-04-30 | created
Work Type
Photographic print
Image Class
Composer & Performer Portraits
Image Series
Sound Poets: Fylkingen
Description
A portrait photograph of English sound poet Bob Cobbing, taken by Charles Amirkhanian, during his visit to Stockholm’s Fylkingen Society in 1972. Bob Cobbing is one of the best known sound poets in the world, a dynamic gentleman with a lovely accent who was active as a poet, performer, and composer of text-sound compositions. Cobbing also was a producer and collector of concrete or visual poetry, and his bookstore, Better Books of London was a leading distribution point for avant-garde poets during the 1960s and 70s. Bob Cobbing died in 2002 at the age of 82.
Genres & Subjects
Portrait photographs--1970-1980
Men
Poets
Image Ownership
Charles Amirkhanian
Photo Credits
Charles Amirkhanian
Related place
Stockholm (Sweden) (was created at)
Related Entities
Amirkhanian, Charles
Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002
Fylkingen (Society)