Robert Frank (director) ME AND MY BROTHER (1968) BTS photo

[New York: New Yorker Films, 1968]. Vintage original 10 x 8″ (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white print still photo, fine.

Robert Frank directed this independent film — which combines elements of documentary and fiction — about Allen Ginsberg, his life partner Peter Orlovsky and Peter’s schizophrenic brother Julius. The screenplay was by Frank, Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Sam Shepard.

This is a portrait of Ginsberg and the two Orlovskys. The image is most likely one shot by Frank.