Something about the 40th anniversary of Woodstock has us getting nostalgic, craving grass between our toes and music in our ears. And we weren’t even at the original festival. “Dennis Stock is a living testament to the fact that dropping out of school may not be the worst idea. Still sharp as a tack at 81 -- maybe even sharper -- he says euphemistically, ‘Formal education is not my cup of tea,’" writes Claire O'Neill for NPR.

“Stock's idea of rejuvenation involved road trips, camp-outs, cultural immersion and long-term photo essays for Life and other publications. Nowadays, his archive is a treasure trove to the Americana-loving historian. And it's largely because he had the guts to quit school and hit the road. In the late 1960s, he was photographing the Woodstock Generation, but he was also one of its free-spirited, anarchistic exemplars.”

“A collection of Stock's photographs from the late '60s is now on display in his hometown, at the Center for Photography at Woodstock in New York.”

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