Earlier this week I noticed that a photograph taken at the Chelsea Hotel in 1971 had been posted to Flickr. So I sent an e-mail to the photographer, Mark Goldstein, and inquired about the photo. Below is his reply. 
These photos were taken in 1971 when I brought director Nicholas Ray to visit my 
friend Seymour Stern who lived at the Hotel Chelsea in NYC. Nick and I came down from SUNY Binghamton to see Alan Lomax and film a party of folk musicians and friends at his apartment in the city. Seymour was an author and film critic who focused on the works and person of D.W. Griffith.
Seymour was also godfather to Nisi Jacobs, daughter of Ken and Flo Jacobs. I studied cinema under Ken who hosted visits by Seymour to SUNY Binghamton a number of times. I came to consider Seymour a friend and a mentor, often visiting him at the Hotel Chelsea when I was in NYC and frequenting a nearby automat for a bite with him.
You can find more on Seymour Stern in the extensive article “Seymour Stern: American Film Critic, Guardian and Prophet” including Ira H. Gallen’s recap of his own visit to Seymour’s room at the Chelsea.
You can find more on Nicholas Ray at the Internet Movie Database and the film we were working on in Binghamton, “We Can't Go Home Again”. Two of my photos of Nick were featured in the book “Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause” by Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel published 10/05. Those two photos and a few others can be seen on the Amazon site . And more of my Nicholas Ray photos can be seen on Flickr.
Recent Comments