Does the sea dream ? I'm sure - we are here, we attend, we are bells on the shore as the tolling suspends.

Paths That Cross

Robert Mapplethorpe ~ photo by Judy Linn



“We used to laugh at our small selves, saying that I was a bad girl trying to be good and he was a good boy trying to be bad. Through the years these roles would reverse, then reverse again, until we came to accept our dual natures. We contained opposing principles, light and dark.”  
Patti in 'Just Kids' © 2010



photo by Gerard Malanga



photo by Gerard Malanga
Photo by Norman Seeff, 1969

photo by Norman Seeff, 1969
Photo by Norman Seeff, 1969

Photo by Norman Seeff, 1969



Photos by Norman Seeff, 1969



by Robert Mapplethorpe


by Robert Mapplethorpe



photo by Lloyd Ziff

photo by Lloyd Ziff, Brooklyn, 1968


by Robert


"Laughter. An essential ingredient for survival. And we laughed a lot"  
Patti in 'Just Kids' © 2010

photo by Allan Tannenbaum

photo booth picture


photo by Robert Mapplethorpe (Patti's family) Tara Smith, Kimberly Smith, Todd Smith, Patti Smith, Mike Bianucci, Linda Smith Bianucci and their daughter Sarah Bianucci in 1979


by Robert Mapplethorpe
Patti & Jesse, by Robert Mapplethorpe
Fred, Patti, Jackson and Jesse, photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe
Patti Smith Band
photo by Robert Mapplethorpe - 1983
“I didn’t feel for Warhol the way Robert did. His work reflected a culture I wanted to avoid. I hated the soup and felt little for the can. I preferred an artist who transformed his time, not mirrored it.”  Patti in 'Just Kids' © 2010
Robert Mapplethorpe ~ photo by Judy Linn

note from Robert Mapplethorpe