Dude, Woodstock Turns 50: Exhibit At Newark Grammy Museum

NEWARK, NJ — A new exhibit coming to the Grammy Museum in Newark will tell the story of the most famous festival in U.S. history through the eyes of an expert photographer.

On Thursday, the museum will debut its latest travelling exhibit, “Woodstock: Fifty Years Down the Road,” a photographic essay consisting of more than 40 original images captured through the lens of Henry Diltz.

Curated by the Newark museum’s counterpart in Los Angeles, “Woodstock: Fifty Years Down the Road” provides fans an intimate look into the famed, three-day festival that took place in Bethel, New York in August 1969. (Learn more about this exhibit)

According to a news release from the museum:

“Henry Diltz is one of American popular music’s most noted photographers. From the mid-1960s on, when he began capturing the music scene in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon, Diltz’s vast catalogue of images is essential to comprehending the heyday of rock. Diltz was a musician before he began dabbling in photography. A founding member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz played banjo and sang with the band. He stumbled on a career in photography after casually photographing musicians in and around Los Angeles. Diltz became a major name in rock photography after one of his pictures was selected as the cover shot for the self-titled debut album of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. That summer Diltz went to Woodstock to document the three-day festival. Having full access of the festival grounds, Diltz worked tirelessly to capture the meaning of Woodstock—onstage and off. Since then, Diltz’s images have graced the covers of dozens of rock albums, while his photos of such pop music stalwarts as Joni Mitchell, Mama Cass Elliot, Jim Morrison, Neil Young, Jackson Browne and many others are now considered classics.”

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