Allen Ginsberg photos celebrate Beat Generation Jack Kerouac and other noted Beat Generation authors - known as the Beatniks - are celebrated in a new photographic exhibit by one of their most famous members, Allen Ginsberg. There are more than 80 black and white pictures housed at New York University's gallery, and they include Kerouac and Naked Lunch author William Burroughs (who also took a picture of Ginsberg), as well as the lesser known Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso. Neal Cassady, inspiration for one of the main characters of On the Road, is also shown in a photograph. The Beatniks were noted for their experimentation with drugs and radical writing styles. Ginsberg (below), author of the poem Howl, died in 1997 at the age of 70 and had spoken in grand terms about his photographic mission, writing: "Without even intending it, there is that little shiver of a moment in time preserved in the crystal cabinet of the mind. A little shiver of eternal space. That's what I was looking for. Many of the images are of the lower Manhattan neighbourhoods of Greenwich Village, East Village and the Lower East Side. Lynn Gumpert, director of the NYU gallery, told AFP: "Many were taken within walking distance of Greenwich Village, which holds countless favoured Beat haunts. Exhibiting 'Beat Memories' at the Grey Art Gallery displays these captivating works nearly next door to their original settings. The exhibition will move to San Francisco in May and also includes later photos, taken from 1980-1990, of musicians such as Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Madonna. There are also intimate photos of hotels in Eastern Europe and in Ginsberg's own East Village apartment.