Photographer- Elliot Landy

The artist of this work is Elliot Landy. And as for the work, it is called "Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline". The media type is photography. The dimensions of this photograph is 381px × 550px. The date of when this photo was taken was April 9, 1969.

Elliot Landy was born 1942 in New York. He began photographing for the anti-Vietnam war, along with different underground musicians that resided in his living area from 1967 to 1969. He has documented many classical rock and roll artist throughout his time such as Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and of course Bob Dylan. Most importantly about Landy, he was set as the main official photographer for Woodstock in 1969. He has had his photographs published and used for covers on important music magazines such as Rolling Stone, musician album covers, etc. 

"This photograph marked a dramatic departure for Dylan." -San Franscisco Art Exchange

This photograph taken by Elliot Landy was taken for Bob Dylan's album cover, Nashville Skyline. It was taken at Bob Dylan's Byrdcliff home. Not only is this photograph a reminder of his album, but also the famous duet with Bob Dylan and John Cash.

With this photo taken by Elliot Landy, it connects it to the "Photographers of the Rock and Roll Artists" because Elliot was known for documenting the movement of this genre through his photography. Landy was the well known photographer at Woodstock, which held many famous classical rock and roll artists during the 60's and 70's. I chose this work because Bob Dylan is one of many of my favorite rock and roll artists. In addition, I know many people who look at this photo and consider it such a create album just this this photograph cover Landy has produced. Elliot Landy gives you an insight of Woodstock's classical rock and roll performances which is important music history today.

Citations:
"Legendary 60's Photographer Elliott Landy's Biography." Legendary 60's Photographer Elliott Landy's Biography. Web. 9 Dec. 2012.
 "Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline."  San Francisco Art Exchange. Web. 9 Dec. 2012.