Don Snyder Photography | historical images licensing

"Those who knew him well state that he was remarkable... an alchemist and a magician in the darkroom."

DON SNYDER

1934

2010

A photographer whose camera captured historic images of Coney Island in the 1950s, the hippy revolution of the 1960s, and the NYC club scene in the 1980s.

He is best known for his iconic photographs of the counterculture, collected in his 1979 book "Aquarian Odyssey: A Photographic Trip into the Sixties".

PHOTOGRAPHY

Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead on the cliffs at sunset in Northern California

Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary on White Horse in Millbrook

Veruschka Von Lehndorff

Supermodel Veruschka with crystal ball for McCall's magazine, 1972

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama on rooftop, New York City in the 1970s

CONEY ISLAND INFERNO

Don Snyder's archive includes a body of early work depicting everyday life in Coney Island in the 1950s.

Lovers kissing on sand on beach in Coney Island, 1955 by Don Snyder, All Rights Reserved

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AQUARIAN ODYSSEY

As he was swept into the maelstrom of the times, Snyder's lens focused on some of the most enduring influencers of the 60s and 70s.

Ram Dass, Wavy Gravy, Diane Arbus, The Grateful Dead, Timothy Leary, Jack Smith, Yayoi Kusama, Abby Hoffman, Alice's Restaurant, Sara Dylon, Allen Ginsburg, Ira Cohen.

A book of photos of the 1960s called Aquarian Odyssey by Don Snyder

"A penetrating trip into the turbulent sixties in psychedelic color"

- THE NEW YORK TIMES

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