Wystawa jest zdecydowanie godna polecenia. Hopper dokumentował ważną i fascynującą zarazem epokę w sposób bardzo otwarty, a jednocześnie zdradzający bliskie, często wręcz intymne więzi z osobami, które portretował. Na jego zdjęciach znaleźli się między innymi Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, James Rosenquist, Paul Newman oraz Jane Fonda. Podążał też śladami ważnych wydarzeń społecznych i politycznych. Miał przy tym umiejętność pokazywania rzeczy i wydarzeń zwykłych w sposób niezwykły i budzący zainteresowanie.
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| Paul Newman, 1964 Malibu, Ca USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, David Hockney, and Jeff Goodman, 1963 USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| Andy Warhol and Members of The Factory (Gregory Markopoulos, Taylor Mead, Gerard Malanga, Jack Smith), 1963 in The Factory, NYC, NY USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr., 1965 Montgomery, Alabama, USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| Guy With 5 Hogs, 1961-67 USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| Double Standard, 1961 Los Angeles, Ca USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| Niki de Saint Phalle (kneeling), 1963 USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| James Rosenquist, 1964 Billboard Factory, Los Angeles, Ca USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| James Brown, 1966 USA © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
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| Boy Walking in Mexico, 1961- 67 Mexico © The Dennis Hopper Art Trust Courtesy of The Dennis Hopper Art Trust |
The Martin-Gropius-Bau exhibition by Dennis Hopper, titled "The Lost Album", within the programme of European Month of Photography, can still be visited. The author, a restless spirit (also known as actor and director of films, including "Easy Rider" (1969), "The Last Movie" (1971) and "Out of the Blue" (1980), in 1970 made a selection of his photographs for the exhibition at the Fort Worth Art Center Museum in Texas. These photographs were re-discovered many years later, after the death of the artist. Interestingly, apart from the total of 429 images, which were originally displayed (numbered and accompanied by a note on the verso) there were additional 19 images in the cases, not numbered, which Hopper probably took with him to Fort Worth, but they were not included there. The exhibition in Berlin, made up of vintage prints, is a reconstruction of the 1970 installation, supplemented by those additional photographs, bearing the Roman numbers I to XIX. 11 photographs from the base set are missing; 9 of them are shown in the form of contemporary silver gelatine prints, while in two cases images could not be matched to the negatives. They are therefore replaced by pieces of cardboard, the size of the original picture.
The exhibition is highly recommended to visit. Hopper documented an important and fascinating era, in a very open manner, while keeping close, often intimate relationships with the people he portrayed. In the pictures there are, among others, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, James Rosenquist, Paul Newman and Jane Fonda. Hopper also followed important social and political events. He had a phenomenal ability to picture simple things and events in a unique and inspiring way.
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