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| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.20112002mf=y}}| death_place = Woodstock, New York, U.S.| occupation = Photographer, Filmmaker| years_active = 1950s–2011| children = 2

• {{marriage|Mary Travers|1963|1967|end=div{edih}
• {{marriage|Carol Wayne|1969|1974|end=div}}
• {{marriage|Judith Jamison|1978|}}

}}}}Barry Feinstein (February 4, 1931 – October 20, 2011) was an American photographer and filmmaker, known for his photographs of 1950s Hollywood, the 1960s music scene, and his close personal and professional relationships with celebrities like Bob Dylan and Steve McQueen. Feinstein produced over 500 album covers, featuring his photographs and graphic designs.NEWS, Barry Feinstein,weblink Telegraph, October 21, 2011, NEWS, McLellan, Dennis, Barry Feinstein dies at 80; rock music photographer,weblink Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2011, NEWS, Vitello, Paul, Barry Feinstein, Photographer of Defining Rock Portraits, Dies at 80,weblink New York Times, October 21, 2011,

Early life

Feinstein was born on 4 February 1931, in Philadelphia, the only child of Rose and David Feinstein.NEWS, Master photographer Barry Feinstein dies,weblink 28 October 2022, Hudson Valley One, Ulster Publishing, 27 October 2011, He enrolled at the University of Miami but left after a year, later joining the Coast Guard.

Career

In 1955, Feinstein worked at the Atlantic City Race Track. In 1955, Feinstein was engaged as an assistant photographer at Life magazine.{{cn|date= October 2022}}In his late twenties, Feinstein was hired as a production intern at Columbia Pictures, later a studio photographer.WEB, Bio,weblink Barry Feinstein Photography, 28 October 2022, WEB, Barry Feinstein,weblink San Francisco Art Exchange, 28 October 2022, NEWS, Barry Feinstein dies at 80; rock music photographer,weblink 28 October 2022, Los Angeles Times, 21 October 2011, He subsequently became a photographer in Hollywood, where he worked with Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Charlton Heston, Jayne Mansfield, and Steve McQueen.{{cn|date= October 2022}} His photos of celebrities, as well such politicians as John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, appeared in national publications, including Time, Esquire, and Newsweek.{{cn|date= October 2022}} In 1966, Feinstein accompanied Bob Dylan on his tour of England,WEB, Barry Feinstein,weblink Wall of Sound Gallery, 28 October 2022, and shot the cover photos of numerous albums by Janis Joplin, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, and others.{{cn|date= October 2022}}Feinstein was a cameraman on the 1967 concert film, Monterey Pop,. During Mardi Gras in late February of 1968, Feinstein, Les Blank, Baird Bryant and others were in New Orleans as part of the original “underground filmmakers”WEB,weblink Critic's Notebook: Why 'Easy Rider' Still Matters 45 Years Later, February 21, 2013, crew of Easy Rider that produced the acid trip segment of the movie on 16 mm film, but was replaced afterwards by a more experienced crew with 35 mm movie film. In 1968 was the director-producer-cameraman on the music-zeitgeist movie You Are What You Eat.WEB, Nesteroff, Kliph, Kliph Nesteroff, You Are What You Eat,weblink Beware of the Blog, WFMU, 28 October 2022, April 29, 2007, In 1974, he again toured with Dylan, this time with The Band, around the United States.{{cn|date= October 2022}}

Later career

An accident in 1993 affected Feinstein's ability to operate cameras.{{cn|date= October 2022}} In 2008, he published two books; the first included 23 of his early Hollywood photos together with Dylan poems written in 1964; and the second, a collection of photos from the Dylan concert tours.{{cn|date= October 2022}} His photographs from the 1966 Dylan tour were exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2009WEB,weblink Bob Dylan 1966 European Tour, May 11, 2009, July 25, 2023, National Portrait Gallery, and a retrospective exhibition of his work was shown at Fondazione Carispezia in Italy in 2019.WEB,weblink Mostra fotografica "BARRY FEINSTEIN. A Retrospective", April 5, 2019,

Personal life

In 1963, Feinstein married Mary Travers, the singer-songwriter and member of the folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary, with whom he had a daughter, Alicia (b. 1966).NEWS,weblink The New York Times, September 16, 2009, Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72, William, Grimes, September 17, 2009, In 1967 Feinstein and Travers divorced. In 1969, he married actress Carol Wayne, with whom he had a son, Alex (b. 1970);WEB,weblink Carol Wayne, Sexy Blonde on Carson Show, Drowns, January 14, 1985, Los Angeles Times, he and Wayne divorced in 1974. Feinstein married Judith Jamison.{{cn|date= October 2022}} Feinstein died on October 20, 2011, at the age of 80 in Woodstock, New York.

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External links

• {{official websiteweblink}}
• {{Discogs artist|artist=Barry Feinstein|name=Barry Feinstein}}
• {{AllMusic | id= barry-feinstein-mn0001603206 | tab= credits | title= Barry Feinstein credits}}

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