Woodstock Vision
The Spirit Of A Generation
Elliott Landy has his finger on the pulse of the Woodstock generation. He was there before the famous festival, hanging out with Dylan and The Band; he was the photographer of record at the festival itself; and he still lives in Woodstock today. Here he captures and preserves the true vision and pure essence of that incredibly influential event what it was like to be part of the ’60s, sharing the spirit of unlimited hope, optimism, and the belief that the world can be made better through peace and love.
WOODSTOCK – A Spiritual Moment In Time
This is the first of a series of personal short books featuring my photographs, both the well known, music related ones from the Sixties and other genres of photos I have taken over the years, most never before published in book form. This book includes some of my favorite Woodstock Festival photographs. However, most importantly this contains new essays and interviews describing the underlying spiritual essence of the event and explaining the concept of the Aquarian Age, of which the Woodstock Festival was a harbinger.
Signed copies available in the Shop
Janis Joplin – On the Road & On Stage
A 196 page book of Elliott’s photographs of Janis Joplin––featuring 129 photos of both his iconic and many never-before-published images of Janis. His photographs are accompanied by Janis’ candid thoughts taken from conversations and interviews recorded by David Dalton, while on tour with Janis in 1970. Elliott’s photographs portray both the public and private lives of Janis, offering an intimate behind the scenes glance at her brief yet groundbreaking years of fame.
The Band Slipcase Set Deluxe Edition
The Deluxe Edition is limited to 150 copies. It includes the print shown which is an 8×10 inch Fine Art print showing the same photo that was used on the back of the Brown album. I printed this in my studio and hand signed it. It is printed on archval 100% cotton rag paper with archival inks. Each has a numbered Deluxe edition certificate, which I signed, on the inside front cover.
Other books by Elliott
The Band Photographs
1968 – 1969
Out of print
Elliott has a few NEW copies of the first printing available. Both the Deluxe and Regular editions. Please inquire here.
Once in a while a photographer gains the trust of an artist or a band, and his work fuses with that of the artist in such a way that the two become married in the public consciousness. One can think of David Duncan’s pictures of Picasso at work or Alfred Wertheimer’s pictures of Elvis backstage in 1956. Elliott Landy’s chronicle of The Band from 1968-1969 is of similar importance. He was trusted so deeply that this group of photographs is as intimate a portrait of a group of musicians inventing a new music as you are ever likely to come across. Today we call that music “Americana,” and it is played all over the world by everyone from Mumford and Sons to the Zac Brown Band. But in 1968, when Elliott first started making these pictures, it was played by six musicians in the town of Woodstock, New York Bob Dylan and a group called The Hawks. They later changed their name to The Band.
LOOK INSIDE THE BAND PHOTOGRAPHS BOOK
Elliott Landy’s Opening Night
Out of print
2015. Imperial Pictures Ltd., 65 pages, pg. size 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Elliott Landy, Yellowkorner Portfolio 10
2013. Yellowkorner, FR, USA, UK, EU, 39 pages, pg. size 9-1/4” x 12”
Woodstock Vision, The Spirit of a Generation:
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival (expanded edition)
2009. Includes a 1969 Woodstock festival section. Backbeat Books, 224 pages, pg. size: 9-3/8” x 11”
Woodstock 1969, The First Festival Woodstock
2008. Reprinted in France by Editions Fetjaine, France; In UK by Ravette, pg. size 7” x 7”
Woodstock Dream
1999 & 2000. Frederico Motta (Italy), TeNeues (USA, Germany), Actes Sud (France), 400 pages, pg. size 5” x 7-1/4”
Dylan in Woodstock
1999. Genesis Editions, UK, Photographic Book, Edition limited to 1,750 copies, 128 pages
Elliott Landy’s Woodstock Vision
1997. Panasonic Interactive, USA – CD-ROM and book (128 pgs., 9.5” x 11”) box set. Developer and Content provider, pg. size 9-3/8” x 11”
Woodstock Vision, The Spirit of a Generation
1994. Continuum, NY. Photographic Book, 128 pages, pg. size 9-1/2” x 11” – hardcover and softcover
Woodstock 1969, The First Festival
1994. Squarebooks, USA. produced and edited by Elliott Landy containing photos from 11 photographers as well as his own. 156 pages, page size 11-1/4” x 11-1/4”
Woodstock ’69, Drei Tage Friedens Und Der Musik
1994, Schirmer/Mosel, 144 pages, pgs. 11” x 11”
Woodstock Vision
1984. Rowohlt Verlag, Germany, 96 pages, pg. size 8” x 10-1/2”
