Elliott Landy

Elliott Landy is one of the first music photographers recognized as an “artist”.
He began documenting the "underground" music culture in New
York City in the mid 1960's. This happened as a result of his returning to the
US from Europe to photograph the big peace demonstrations taking place in
New York and Washington, DC. Since many of the leading musicians of the
period were also politically active, it was a natural progression for the idealistic
photographer.

After exploring that world, Elliott moved on to other inspirations and art forms,
photographing his own children and travels, creating impressionist flower
photographs and doing motion and kaleidoscopic photography in both still
and film formats. He is currently at work on an extensive project that uniquely
combines still photography, music and moving images. Additionally, he is
compiling an intensely beautiful and intimate body of work of his own life in a
project called "Love After Sixty".

"The Band - Woodstock" by Elliot Landy

His photographs have been published worldwide on the covers of The
Saturday Evening Post, Life Magazine and Rolling Stone. Some of the musicians
who have been a part of Landy's "vision" include The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix,
Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Eric Clapton, Joan Baez and Linda Ronstadt. He was
"the official photographer" of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival.

Among the great albums graced with iconic Landy photographs are Bob
Dylan's "Nashville Skyline", Van Morrison's "Moondance" as well as "The Band"
and "Music From Big Pink" by The Band. Fans of these landmark recordings will
be thrilled to see a more complete rendering of the images taken during those
same album photo sessions.

"Dylan & Jesse" by Elliot Landy

Elliott is the author of six photographic books and his images have been
exhibited in major museums and galleries throught the world. His photographs
have appeared on the covers of major magazines such as Life, The Saturday
Evening Post and Rolling Stone and in all media internationally for the past
forty years. Elliott’s handmade darkroom photographs begin at $900. Signed
books begin at $30.

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