Dream of Life

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe (cover of the single People Have The Power)

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe (cover of the album Dream of Life)

“Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.”  Patti in 'Just Kids' © 2010

photo by Steve Sebing

photo by Melodie McDaniel

photo of Jesse’s hand with flower by Patti Smith

(on the back cover and inlay of the album Trampin’)

Jesse with Flower (2003 - photo by Patti Smith)
African Daisy

Patti's dad, Grant Smith

photo by guitarist Oliver Ray

"memento mori" is something William S Burroughs said to Patti Smith at the end of their very first conversation

photo by Annie Leibovitz

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe (cover of the album Wave)

from 'Still Moving' a project by Robert Mapplethorpe

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe also featured on the insert of the album Easter with the title 'patti-light'

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe also featured on the insert of the album Easter with the title 'patti-dark'

photo by Lynn Goldsmith (cover of the album Easter)

photo by Judy Linn (on the cover of the album Radio Ethiopia)

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe (cover of the debut album Horses)

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe

photo by Robert Mapplethorpe

photo by Judy Linn

Patti's first single

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