#edmund teske

[joeinct]

Chicago, Photo by Edmund Teske, c. 1934-40

[fragrantblossoms]

Edmund Teske.  George Herms, Topanga Canyon, 1965. 

[eternal--returned]

TOM BAKER: I sat with Andy Warhol and his entourage at a long table near the stage. Pam Courson, Morrison's girlfriend, sat alongside me and was very excited. She said to me, "Jim's really up for tonight's show. Forget that shit at Gazzari's, now you're going to see the real Jim Morrison." When I saw them at Gazzar's, the club on Sunset Strip, Jim was high on LSD and staggering drunk. His performance was unspectacular, except for one moment—while stumbling through a song early in the set, he suddenly let out with a deep-throated, bloodcurdling scream. Pam was furious with him and kept telling me I wasn't seeing him at his best. I told her he was a good guy, but he should keep his day job. But when he finished the show at Ondine's, I sat there stunned. I looked over at Pamela. She leaned toward me and said, "I told you so." Afterwards, the Doors gave a party in a club to celebrate their success. When it was over, Jim and I stood talking at the bottom of the stairs that led up to Forty-sixth Street. It was late, and the area was full of various cops and creeps. Suddenly, Morrison started throwing empty glasses up the stairs. I grabbed him by the arm and yelled, "What the fuck are you doing, for Christ's sake?" He ignored me and threw another glass up the stairs, simultaneously letting out one of his bloodcurdling screams. I expected a small army of cops to come charging down. After one final glass and one final scream, Jim turned and was gone. I was frustrated because I wanted to tell him that finally I had met someone who was truly possessed.

Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain ֍ Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (1996)

Edmund Teske ֍ Pamela Courson & Jim Morrison (c. 1969)

[betomad]

Edmund Teske.  Man with Mask (George Hermes, Topanga Canyon) , ca. 1965

[littlequeenies]

Two beautiful HQ Pam close-ups of Bronson Caves shot (30th March 1969 by Edmund Teske).

Our scans from photos purchased on ebay.

[desimonewayland]

Edmund Teske (1911-1996)

Face Lifting amid the Olive Trees, Hollywood, California, 1947

Bonham's

[edgarmoser]

edmund teske photography

[creativespark]

Edmund Teske (American, 1911–1996), Richard Soakup, Chicago, 1940

[mariaangels]

Edmund Teske

[toseefarardenagain]

Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to the endless night

[las-microfisuras]

Edmund Teske - Face Lifting amid the Olive Trees, Hollywood, California 1947

[joeinct]

Portrait of Shirley Berman, Topanga Canyon and Madison Grammar School, Chicago, Photo by Edmund Teske, 1954

[fragrantblossoms]

Edmund Teske.  Portrait Young Girl, 1960.  Duotone solarized gelatin silver print. 

[sjnjournal]

"She breathes in me." Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson photographed by Edmund Teske at Bronson Caves in the Hollywood Hills in 1969.

[innervoiceartblog]

"At times, I feel as if I am spread out over the landscape and inside things, and am myself living in every tree, in the splashing of the waves, in the clouds and the animals that come and go, in the procession of the seasons. There is nothing... with which I am not linked"

~ Carl Gustav Jung, Memories Dreams Reflections p. 225

Photo: Edmund Teske (American, 1911-1996). Face Lifting amid the Olive Trees, Hollywood, California, 1947. Gelatin silver print.

[littlequeenies]

Pam and Jim posed for Edmund Teske the 30th March 1969 at the Bronson Caves in the Hollywood Hills. Scans from Italian F magazine (5th November 2014).