A black 1958 Volkswagen Type 2 Panel Van with minimal chrome and painted "VILLAGE COFFEE HOUSE" logo parks outside a basement jazz club in Greenwich Village. Cigarette smoke drifts from the open door where a saxophone player takes a break. Beatniks in black turtlenecks and berets lean against the van, engaged in animated conversation. Christmas lights strung across the narrow street illuminate the foggy night. A light snow begins to fall on the cobblestone street. This atmospheric scene was photographed by a cultural documentarian using available light techniques, capturing the emerging counterculture movement in an artistic, moody black-and-white composition similar to the work of W. Eugene Smith.