"I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age...if only each generation would realise that the time for greatness is right now, when they're alive...the time to flower is now.”⁠ The punk poet laureate, Patti Smith turns 75 today. A noted photographer herself, the singer and writer is captured here by David Gahr, at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, 1971. Smith had previously shared a room in the Manhattan landmark with artist Robert Mapplethorpe, documented in her 2010 memoir, Just Kids.⁠ For more coverage, follow our bio link.⁠ 📷: David Gahr/Getty Images I thedavidgahr I gettyarchive I #GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ #pattismith #davidgahr #chelseahotel #justkids #musicphotography #musichistory #punkpoet #USpoetry #americanliterature #botd #nostalgia #thechelsea #NYhistory #manhattan #historyphotographed