Honky-Tonk: Portraits of Country Music by Henry Horenstein
Rebecca “Dolly” Parton Symphony Hall, Boston, 1972 This image of Dolly Parton was Horenstein’s first published photograph. It appeared in Boston After Dark (now The Boston Phoenix). He had an hour to meet and photograph Parton, a lengthy sitting photographers today rarely have. When Horenstein photographed Parton, she already had twenty albums to her name, but the crossover hit, “Here You Come Again,” made her a superstar in 1977.
New Exhibit at the ETHS Museum
Open now through September 16, 2007
“Photograph people and places that naturally attracted you.” This advice guided Henry Horenstein as he set out to document country music in the early 1970s. It led him to the honky-tonks and other places where fans and performers met, mingled, and shared their common love for country music.
More than fifty of Henry Horenstein's photographs, together with a variety of artifacts and memorabilia, are offered in this exhibit, a rare look back at a special time in the history of Country Music.
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