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Charles Henri Ford
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Charles Henri FordĀ was many things in addition to filmmaker. A pioneer of American surrealism, Fordās creative activities as a poet, photographer, publisher and general bohemian bon vivant, spanned much of the last century and cultivated intimate connections and collaborations with legendary intellectual and artistic figures ranging from Gertrude Stein to Andy Warhol. Paralleling his artistic trajectory in the avant-garde, as an openly queer man, Fordās life and work was also at the vanguard of mid-twentieth century sexual politics, and like his gay colleagues and contemporariesā Allen Ginsburg and Kenneth Anger, for exampleā Fordās art fused his outsider sexual status with the vital undergrā¦
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Charles Henri FordĀ was many things in addition to filmmaker. A pioneer of American surrealism, Fordās creative activities as a poet, photographer, publisher and general bohemian bon vivant, spanned much of the last century and cultivated intimate connections and collaborations with legendary intellectual and artistic figures ranging from Gertrude Stein to Andy Warhol. Paralleling his artistic trajectory in the avant-garde, as an openly queer man, Fordās life and work was also at the vanguard of mid-twentieth century sexual politics, and like his gay colleagues and contemporariesā Allen Ginsburg and Kenneth Anger, for exampleā Fordās art fused his outsider sexual status with the vital underground sensibility of the poets, painters, and filmmakers with whom he associated. (from:Ā http://pdome.org/2014/johnny-minotaur-with-mm-serra-from-the-new-york-film-makers-cooperative-in-person-25th-anniversary-party/)
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