Henry Diltz

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Henry Stanford Diltz (born 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a folk musician and photographer, who has been active since the 1960s.

Among the bands Diltz played with were the Modern Folk Quartet (later Quintet), who included Chip Douglas, released two albums in 1963/64 and were later produced by Phil Spector. They did numerous college concert tours and club engagements around the country in the 1960s.

While a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz became interested in photography, met The Monkees, played on some of their recording sessions, and took numerous photographs of the band, many of which were published. His work also attracted the eye of other musicians who needed publicity and album cover shots. He was the official photographer at Woodstock, and the Monterey and Miami Music Festivals, and has photographed over eighty record album covers.

In 1971 he and songwriter Jimmy Webb nearly died in a glider aircraft accident. Webb was piloting and Diltz was taking motion picture film from the rear seat. Both suffered significant injuries. The film did not survive.

He was still active as of 2005, most recently as a contributing photographer to The Henry Rollins Show. Diltz lives in California.