Henry Diltz, official photographer at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969, and three fellow veterans of the Woodstock production team will be guests of honor at six multimedia events in Germany from September 15-24.
The “Spirit of Woodstock” tour produced by LightPower & Limelight Gallery also features Edward Herbert Beresford (aka “Chip”) Monck, Rona Elliot, and Ticia Bernuth Agri.
Like Diltz, they were key players in the three-day festival’s production famously staged on a farm in upstate New York by a bunch of hippies for nearly half a million other hippies. The four Woodstock alums will share stories and visuals as only they can.
The tour will be Diltz’s first visit to Germany since he lived and went to school there as a U.S. State Department brat in the late 1950s (his step-father was in the diplomatic service).
Also a musician and banjo-playing member of the Modern Folk Quartet from 1962-1966, Diltz has been based in Los Angeles since the mid-1960s. He moved into rustic, Hollywood-adjacent Laurel Canyon and began taking pictures of his mostly not-yet-famous musician friends and neighbors.
Among them were Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Mamas & Papas, the Turtles, the Lovin’ Spoonful, the Hollies, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and the Monkees, just for starters.
The Grammy Trustees Award honoree turned 87 on September 6, and shows little sign of slowing down.
Read many more stories about Henry Diltz and his illustrious photographic career here.
Visit his official website here.
Here’s the “Spirit of Woodstock” itinerary:
- Monday, September 15 – Hamburg (Leica Store
- Wednesday, September 17 – Hamburg (Kent Club)
- Thursday, September 18 – Paderborn (HNF)
- Sunday, September 21 – Düsseldorf (34OST)
- Tuesday, September 23 – Frankfurt (Palais Thurn und Taxis)
- Wednesday, September 24 – Frankfurt (Limelight Gallery)
Tickets are available here.
The day before he took off for Europe, Henry provided a preview and some context:
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Article: Photographer Henry Diltz Returns to Germany for Woodstock Events
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