@ovillalon The photographer apologized profusely. Then Ferlinghetti popped his jacket lapel collar and began looking serious and artistic into the distance :-)
@ovillalon I never met him but I did tag along to a photo shoot once. The photographer tried to position Ferlinghetti a little to the left (he was sitting on a book table upstairs at City Lights) and Ferlinghetti shouted, “I told them I WOULD NOT POSE.”
Harsh writing advice, Johnny Cash edition: 1. You need to stop singing so high; and 2. You have to change your name—no one will buy music from someone named Roy Orbison.