{"id":101698,"date":"2016-08-19T15:47:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T19:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=101698"},"modified":"2016-08-20T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T15:54:57","slug":"the-family-acid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/the-family-acid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family Acid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is the last week to see <a href=\"http:\/\/benrubigallery.com\/exhibition\/454\/family-acid-and-hiroshi-watanabe\" target=\"_blank\">the photography of Roger Steffens and the Family Acid at Benrubi Gallery<\/a>, in New York. Taken mainly in the sixties and seventies, Steffens\u2019s self-consciously psychedelic pictures \u201cimagine a different America, one of strange beauty and mystic truth,\u201d as his son Devon put it. The photos are on display through August 26.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101699\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_marrakech-rainbow_april_1971.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101699\" class=\"wp-image-101699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_marrakech-rainbow_april_1971.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_marrakech-rainbow_april_1971.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_marrakech-rainbow_april_1971-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_marrakech-rainbow_april_1971-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roger Steffens and the Family Acid, <i>Marrakech Rainbow, April, 1971<\/i>, archival pigment print, 20&#8243; x 24&#8243;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_101700\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_mother-mary-june_1975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101700\" class=\"wp-image-101700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_mother-mary-june_1975.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_mother-mary-june_1975.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_mother-mary-june_1975-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_mother-mary-june_1975-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Mother Mary, June, 1975<\/i>, archival pigment print, 20&#8243; x 24&#8243;.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_101701\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_sunset-strip-experiment_1977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101701\" class=\"wp-image-101701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_sunset-strip-experiment_1977.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_sunset-strip-experiment_1977.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_sunset-strip-experiment_1977-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_sunset-strip-experiment_1977-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Sunset Strip Experiment<\/i>, 1977, archival pigment print, 20&#8243; x 24&#8243;.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_101702\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_wild-horse-encounter-august_1978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101702\" class=\"wp-image-101702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_wild-horse-encounter-august_1978.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_wild-horse-encounter-august_1978.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_wild-horse-encounter-august_1978-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_wild-horse-encounter-august_1978-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Wild Horse Encounter, August<\/i>, 1978, archival pigment print, 20&#8243; x 24&#8243;.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_101703\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_golden-gate-park-love-in_san-francisco_february_1974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101703\" class=\"wp-image-101703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_golden-gate-park-love-in_san-francisco_february_1974.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_golden-gate-park-love-in_san-francisco_february_1974.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_golden-gate-park-love-in_san-francisco_february_1974-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_golden-gate-park-love-in_san-francisco_february_1974-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_golden-gate-park-love-in_san-francisco_february_1974-689x1024.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Golden Gate Park Love In, San Francisco, February<\/i>, 1974, archival pigment print, 24&#8243; x 20&#8243;.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_101704\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_en-route-to-altamont_berkeley-ca-dec-6-1969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101704\" class=\"wp-image-101704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_en-route-to-altamont_berkeley-ca-dec-6-1969.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_en-route-to-altamont_berkeley-ca-dec-6-1969.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_en-route-to-altamont_berkeley-ca-dec-6-1969-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_en-route-to-altamont_berkeley-ca-dec-6-1969-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>En Route to Altamont, Berkeley, CA, December<\/i>, 1970, archival pigment print, 20&#8243; x 24&#8243;.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_101705\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_glorias-medication-may_1974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101705\" class=\"wp-image-101705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_glorias-medication-may_1974.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_glorias-medication-may_1974.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_glorias-medication-may_1974-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Gloria\u2019s Medication<\/i>, 1974, archival pigment print, 24&#8243; x 20&#8243;.<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_101706\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_a-spliff-a-day-june_1976.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101706\" class=\"wp-image-101706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_a-spliff-a-day-june_1976.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_a-spliff-a-day-june_1976.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/the-family-acid_a-spliff-a-day-june_1976-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-101706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>A Spliff a Day<\/i>, 1976, archival pigment print, 24&#8243; 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