’60s Legend, Who Played With The Monkees and Photographed More Than 250 Album Covers, Turns 88

In the 1960s, Henry Diltz was a musician who found himself playing on recording sessions with The Monkees. Then he picked up a camera and began a second career that would put him in the room with some of the biggest names in rock history.

On Sept. 6, the legendary musician and photographer turns 88.

Born in Kansas City, Mo., in 1938, Diltz performed with the Modern Folk Quartet before becoming interested in photography. He met The Monkees, played on some of their recording sessions and began taking photographs of the group…

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