David Hurn
Isle of Wight Festival 1969 & 1970

David Hurn, Isle of Wight Festival 1969 & 1970

Café Royal Books, 2021

140x200mm, 36 pages

Stitched binding | English

 

David Hurn shot the two iconic Isle of Wight Festivals, 1969 & 1970. The return of Dylan, Hendrix, Joni Mitchel…But the photographs focus on the crowd, the people and their interaction. 1969 saw around 150000 people visit, 1970 was closer to 1000000 — nothing like it had ever been seen.