Roman Candle Magazine

Here’s a few choice cuts from Ricky Powell’s most excellent book, The Rickford Files. This guy joined the dots between countless characters and cultures, simultaneously stalking the streets and sneaking into high-society functions to capture everyone from DONDI to Liz Taylor. 

And yep, that’s Gene Palmer, the street drummer from Taxi Driver, standing stoop-side with the highly-polished hair-line…