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Noted Rock ‘n’ Roll photographer Henry Diltz gave a slideshow presentation on the West Orange Elks Club as a part of the David Cassidy tribute weekend in West Orange.
The famend music photographer shot greater than 250 album covers within the Sixties and Seventies. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Life Magazine. He’s additionally one among a choose few who has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Grammys, The Lucie, and the International Photography Hall of Fame.
He’s captured iconic moments in musical historical past from musical artists akin to Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Jerry Garcia, and David Cassidy.
His slideshow of David Cassidy was a part of the two-day tribute celebrated in West Orange, together with the historic marker and avenue dedication.
“This has been amazing, the past two days,” Mayor Susan McCartney mentioned. “We welcome you to West Orange to celebrate David Cassidy.”
Diltz started his presentation speaking about being a folks singer and taking pictures of his musician buddies.
“I picked up a camera in ’66,” he mentioned.
He by no means went to pictures college. He favored to shoot in shade so he may present slides to his buddies.
“If it was in black and white, I couldn’t show it,” he mentioned. But publicity pictures needed to be shot in black and white as a result of newspapers didn’t use shade again then.
Tiger Beat journal employed Diltz to shoot The Monkees and he acquired to be actually good buddies with them. And in 1971 he was despatched to the filming of “The Partridge Family.” Diltz mentioned, “A lot of the crew were older professionals. I had long hair. I looked like a musician. David [Cassidy] walked right up to me.”
Diltz traveled on a world tour with Cassidy.
“Star magazine wanted lots of pictures of David,” he mentioned. “He was such a great showman. When he was on stage, he was in another world. He gets into it so much he becomes another person on stage. I got to play harmonica with him. David was an Aries. They get what they want—full speed ahead. We laughed about everything. I never saw him sad or mad. He loved the girls, and they loved him.”
He continued to share tales about being on the street with Cassidy, like writing postcards from their resort suite; being in the identical resort as Elton John in New Zealand; and on the massive concert events, the Red Cross being there with stretchers as a result of women handed out. “It was very emotional,” mentioned Diltz.
The slide present additionally featured extra poignant occasions with Cassidy alone together with his canine and horses; and forged pictures of The Partridge Family.
Following the David Cassidy slide present, Diltz took a brief break and returned to point out fascinating pictures of Woodstock and inform extra mesmerizing tales. There had been greater than 100 individuals in attendance.
Pop tradition historian Johnny Ray Miller was additionally there, autographing copies of his e book, “When We’re Singing: The Partridge Family & Their Music.“
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