- Henry Diltz
Henry Stanford Diltz (born 1938, in
Kansas City, Missouri ) is afolk musician andphotographer , who has been active since the 1960s.Among the bands Diltz played with were the
Modern Folk Quartet (later Quintet), who includedChip Douglas , released two albums in 1963/64 and were later produced byPhil Spector . They did numerous college concert tours and club engagements around the country in the 1960s.While a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz became interested in photography, met
The Monkees , played on some of their recording sessions, and took numerous photographs of the band, many of which have been published. His work also attracted the eye of other musicians who needed publicity and album cover shots. He was the official photographer atWoodstock , and the Monterey and Miami Music Festivals, and has photographed over eighty record album covers.In 1971 he and
songwriter Jimmy Webb nearly died in a glider aircraft accident. Webb was piloting and Diltz was taking motion picture film from the rear seat. Both suffered significant injuries. The film did not survive.He was still active as of 2005, most recently as a contributing photographer to "
The Henry Rollins Show ". Diltz lives in California.Diltz is co-founder of the "
Morrison Hotel " Galleries inSoHo and in theBowery inNew York City and inLaJolla , California. These galleries specialize in fine-art rock'n roll photography, including works by Diltz. He is among the 43 photographers invited to donate a print to "FOCUS: an auction of the finest photography to benefit City Harvest...." The fund-raiser on September 18, 2008 supports City Harvest, a food collection bank in New York City. [http://www.cityharvest.org/images/pdf/Focus_Evite.pdf]External links
* [http://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/photographer/Default.aspx?photographerID=9 Diltz's photography]
* [http://www.genesis-publications.com/books/california_dreaming/index.html CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Memories & Visions of LA 1966-1975] The Photographs of Henry Diltz
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