On Thursday at 7 PM, the Poetry Foundation will present a free program of short films made by Rudy Burckhardt (1914-99) in collaboration with famous poets, among them John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara. Burckhardt remains best known for his photography—pace the UK Independent's obituary, "his images of [New York City], for example the classic one of the Flatiron Building, are among the most fundamental and enduring taken this century—though he was also prolific as a painter and filmmaker.…
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