Andy Warhol, Susan Sontag, John Lennon & Yoko Ono -- Jonas Mekas was well acquainted with a great many New York artists.
Born in Lithuania, he came to Brooklyn via Germany in 1949 and began shooting his first experimental films there.
Mekas developed a form of film diary in which he recorded his daily observations.
He became the barometer of the New York art scene and a pioneer of American avant-garde cinema.
Every week, starting in 1958 he published his legendary Movie Journal column.
Spector Books Jonas mekas: scrapbook of the sixties: writings 1958-2010, paperback/jonas mekas
