Elliott Landy

Born in New York in 1942, Elliott Landy began photographing the anti-war movement and New York's underground music scene during the late 1960s. His access to musicians through manager Albert Grossman led to long-standing relationships with Bob Dylan and The Band, resulting in some of the defining photographs of the period.

Landy's images appeared on influential album covers including Music From Big Pink, The Band, Moondance and Nashville Skyline, while his photographs of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Joan Baez, Van Morrison and many others became part of the visual history of rock music.

As one of the principal photographers of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, he created an enduring visual record of the event and later authored several landmark books devoted to Woodstock, Bob Dylan and The Band. Beyond music photography, his later work has explored impressionistic landscapes, flowers and experimental photographic techniques, while continuing to exhibit internationally and publish new books.