Posted: April 15, 2009 at 9:02 am
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Author: lsackett
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File Under: Uncategorized, Woodstock
| Tags: Barry, Photography, Woodstock
Welcome to our first blog. I was the still photographer on the Woodstock film, and was at the Festival from Tuesday, 12 August to Monday, 18 August. For nearly a week, I shot so many pictures with my two cameras (a Nikon and Pentax), that I got blisters on the index finger and thumb of my right hand from clicking the shutter and advancing the film.
And during those 6 days, the only sleep I had was on stage on the piano blanket during Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Now, forty years later, the chickens are coming home to roost. I’ve met and married the most wonderful woman in the world, Linanne Sackett, and we have a new book out, THE WOODSTOCK STORY BOOK with hundreds of photographs from those glorious days in August, 1969, with a new hardcover version about to be published. It’s being sold on Amazon.com, and the new version will be handled by every book store in the land, and even those abroad.
In addition, I’ve been honored by being selected as the featured artist of the Biografilm Festival and my photos of Woodstock will be on display on gigantic billboards, on trollies and busses in Rome, Bologna, and Milan. Linanne and I are being flown to Bologna and feted throughout the festival, from 10 June to 15 June, and we’re also going out on the summer rock and roll festival circuit.
Posted: February 25, 2009 at 7:26 am
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Author: lsackett
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File Under: Book, Woodstock
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Our new baby is here! The Woodstock Story Book is the product of Linanne’s fertile imagination and belief in me. From the very first time she learned that I was the still photographer on the Academy Award winning film, Woodstock, and from the first time she laid eyes on my slides, she’s been insisting that I had enough images, and a wide enough range of images, to do a book of my own. In the beginning, I demurred, not believing enough in myself, but her constant encouragement, her sending my photos to be converted into high quality Tiffs, and her creation of our web site, Woodstock Witness.com, made me a believer.
And as of 1 February, our baby is available for the world to see on Amazon. Alibris and Baker and Taylor have it as well. So check it out, and order a copy or two for yourself, or as a gift for a friend. And join in on the blog about those heady days of summer, amidst the run-up to the fortieth anniversary of this great event.
Posted: February 14, 2009 at 9:32 am
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Author: lsackett
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File Under: Book, Woodstock
| Tags: Barry, Book, Woodstock
It’s hard to believe that 40 years have passed since those days in August when 500,000 of us gathered in Max Yasgur’s field to celebrate our music, our bodies, our beliefs, and our lives.
Certainly much has changed for me. Back then I was a bead-wearing, pot-smoking, long-haired hippie. And now look! What time hath wroth.
As this is written, I’ve published, along with my lover, a 154 page book, The Woodstock Story Book, an account in photographs and text of those wonderful days, and I invite you all to check it out on Amazon or at my website, www.WoodstockWitness.com. It was clear to me, even as it was going on, that Woodstock was a special event, one that couldn’t be duplicated. So my experiences were from the point of view of an on-stage photographer. Those in the audience had a totally different point of view. So let me know what you saw and felt. And ask me any questions you might have. I’ll do my best to answer all.