Lawrence Ferlinghetti A close-up of American alternative bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti during a press conference at the Albert Memorial for The International Poetry Incarnation, photographed the day before the event at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on June 10 1965 Full Size Image Gallery: Counterculture Keywords 1960s1965AmericanB+WbeardBeat movementbeat poetsbeatnikblack and whitebohemianCity Lights Booksellers and PublisherscounterculturefamousfounderKensingtonLawrence Ferlinghettiliberal activistLondonpainterpoetpoetsportraitspublisherrevolutionRoyal Albert HallSwinging LondonSwinging SixtiesThe International Poetry Incarnationunderground