About the Author:
Levine has been honored as a "Celebrated Artist" of Italy's Biografilm Festival and his color photographs were on buses and bill boards in Rome, Milan, and Bologna. As part of the Academy Award-winning "Woodstock" documentary film team, Still photographer Barry Z Levine captured it all...including iconic shots from a helicopter which portray the size of the enormous crowd. The film, by Warner Brothers, won an Academy Award® for "Best Documentary Film" in 1970 and later in 1996, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Barry's photos appear in galleries and museums world-wide.
In addition to photography, Levine has worked as a writer/producer in advertising and film, video, and theatrical production and was the director of a video production studio in New York City. He has been a long-time independent political activist and is one of the founders of The All-Stars Project, one of the largest and most successful anti-violence programs for urban youth.
Review:
To quote Kirkus Discoveries..The Woodstock Story Book is an incredible, all-access pass to Woodstock...the authors have created an intimate time capsule with this book...the vivid picture drawn though word and image is mesmerizing...the peace and love essence of Woodstock rings out loud and clear. --Kirkus Discoveries
You'll want a dozen copies! I couldn't put this book down! Dance/music camps for grown-ups make me kick up my heels, and now, here's a picture story book for grown-ups from the Woodstock Festival of 1969, just in time for its 40th anniversary. Everything is here--from the set up with stage crews and Richie Havens's welcoming set to the muddy-skinnydipping-potsmoking-make-love-not-war community to Hendrix and the Star Spangled Banner to the epilogue about the greatest peaceful event in world history. You're going to love this book, and it makes an awesome gift item. Put on Sly and the Family Stone's Gonna Take You Higher & and treat yourself to what I'm going to predict is hailed as the best rock-'n-roll stroll down hippie lane of the century! --Evelyn Schneider, Gardiner, N. Y.
Stunning photos and a great narrative makes this book a must have for anyone who was at Woodstock, wish they had been, or for anyone wanting a great history lesson and a piece of the 60's. Rare photos of the musicians, the people, and the landscape from the perspective and lens of a festival insider is a great way to celebrate the 40th anniversary and the spirit of Woodstock --Eric Mirell, West Hampton, N. Y.
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