From the Doors to Joni Mitchell, he captured the greats. But Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young won his heart. The revered Californian photographer looks back – and reveals the ‘lost’ Harvest cover
ometimes,” says Henry Diltz, “the great picture is the one that happens before you set everything up.” The legendary music photographer, speaking from his home in north Hollywood, has taken shots that became stamped into the annals of rock history. Not only was he was the official photographer at 1969’s Woodstock festival, he has also shot more than 200 album covers, including Morrison Hotel by the Doors, and has an archive that’s more like a Who’s Who of musicians.
Now 85, Diltz exudes warmth and geniality, his white hair scraped back into a ponytail, a sharp curiosity flickering in his eyes, a camera ready in his pocket everywhere he goes. Even when not working, he takes about 100 pictures a day. We are meeting, via Zoom, to discuss his new photobook.
While the band soundchecked, Diltz hung around the parking lot. “On the back of the club was a huge mural: a colourful painting of a guy on a bicycle. I was focusing on that when the back door opened and Buffalo Springfield walked out. I said, ‘Hey guys, would you just stand in front of that mural for a minute? I want to show how big it is.’ They stood making faces and I kept clicking away.”
‘Eric sat there staring at her fingers’ … Joni Mitchell, David Crosby and Eric Clapton at a picnic in 1968.By early 1968, musicians were flocking to the sylvan splendour of Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills. Among them was Mama Cass of the Mamas and the Papas, who threw soirées that everyone wanted to be invited to. Cass had just met British rock trio Cream on a TV show and asked their “shy” guitarist Eric Clapton to a picnic.
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