Bukowski in Pictures

Bukowski in Pictures is the first pictorial biography of Bukowski, telling the story of his life with approximately two hundred photographs, both colour and black and white, most of which are published here for the first time. Friends of Bukowski, members of his family, and former lovers have contributed candid photographs. There are powerful new portraits by leading photographers such as Gottfried Helnwein, former Rolling Stone art director Tony Lane, and Andy Warhol’s former assistant, Gerard Malanga. Artists Dave Geiser and R. Crumb have provided illustrations. Extracts from personal letters and rare documents, including Bukowski’s recently declassified FBI file, offer new insights that delve behind the public personae.
Biographer Howard Sounes – author of Charles Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life – has edited and introduced Bukowski in Pictures, weaving new research and quotations from Bukowski’s work into introductory essays and extensive photo captions.