Sly and the Family Stone at Woodstock, 1969

Professional photographer Barry Levine was selected by Colombia Records to document the festival photographically. Barry's around-the-clock effort at Woodstock resulted in images that, to this day, are riveting. Many of his pictures found their way into "The Woodstock Storybook," which has become a classic.

This lot consists of four original 35mm color transparencies (slides) of Sly and the Family Stone that Barry took at Woodstock. The images from this lot appear on pages 98-99 of "The Woodstock Storybook."

"As part of the Academy Award-winning "Woodstock" documentary film team, Still photographer Barry Z Levine captured it allÉincluding iconic shots from a helicopter which portray the size of the enormous crowd." (www.mrmusichead.com/barry-z-levine)

Barry Z Levine was the still photographer on the Academy Award Winning film,"Woodstock." Nearly 300 full color photographs are featured in his book, "The Woodstock Story Book," written with his wife, Linanne Sackett. His photographs have been included in many documentaries and books about Woodstock, including collectible editions, such as: "Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World," "Woodstock Remembered" and "Woodstock Ô69: The First Festival." His photos appear in the new Woodstock Story eBook which celebrates the 50th Anniversary., and The Cameramen of Woodstock - a look behind the scenes of the Academy Award winning film WOODSTOCK on its 50th Anniversary.

Levine's Woodstock photographs have also been featured in international newspapers, magazines and album covers. He was honored in Italy by Biografilms as its "Celebrated Artist." As the featured photographer at their 2009 film festival celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, Levine's photos were on buses, trolleys, billboards in Rome and Bologna and on the soccer stadium in Milan. He has appeared world-wide in many documentary films and interviews related to Woodstock. For the 50th Anniversary in 2019, his works were exhibited in New York, Los Angeles -CA, Chattanooga -TN, Stuart - FL, Bologna - Italy, and London. His photos appeared in several books, in media, and in several TV documentaries in Europe and the United States.

In addition to photography, Levine has worked as a writer/producer in advertising and film, video, and theatrical production. He was the director of a video production studio in New York City. He has long been an 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 in America.