Richard Brautigan - 1970

Richard Brautigan - San Francisco 1970
photos by Vernon Merritt
source:life

I read Trout Fishing In America recently and it was great.
Then I read In Watermelon Sugar and it was also great.
If you have any recommendations for other books let me know.

Wigs 1970

#1. "GI Gary Drunheller, with hair cut short according to military regulations"
#2. "GI Gary Drunheller, with hair cut short according to military regulations, getting fitted for a wig."
#3. "GI Gary Drunheller, with hair cut short according to military regulations in off-duty civvies being fitted with & wearing a longer-haired wig."
#4. "NYC public school teacher, Steven Berger, playing with his dog in Central park."
#5. "NYC public school teacher, Steven Berger, who is wearing a short-hair wig when on duty as Army Reservist."
#6. "Organist with a rock band, Harold Price, wearing a shorter-hair wig as he drinks toast with his bride."
#7. "NYC broker, Sam Blauner, wearing an conservative suit & wig over long hair."
#8. "NYC broker, Sam Blauner, posturing in hippie costume and long hair."

Awakening of the Gods

1-7: "Nemrud Dag-Mountain In Southeast Turkey"
8: "Soft eroded rocks in Valley of Goreme where Byzantine monks carved cells and over 300 churches."
9: "Turkish man playing a type of mandolin called a sis." Usicar, Turkey.
10: "Turkish men having lunch in restaurant of Nevsehir named Lokanda." Kayseri, Turkey.

All photos by Bill Ray, 1970.
source:life

More about Nemrud Dag here.
More about Goreme/Cappadocia here.