Image map linking to 4 photo essays on Atlanta's hippie culture.

The End of the Sixties: four photo essays

The Summer of Love lasted three years in the South. I tried to capture some of that spirit in these photographs. They were shot over a 30 month period and many were originally published in The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta's underground / anti-war newspaper.

Treat this section like a book, start on Page One and click Next to move to the next photograph.

I shot each of these photographs; they are here for your enjoyment.

Carter Tomassi

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Licensing and Publishing

[ ] Brackets indicate photographs that were not included in the essays above.

Main Music Section

Allman Brothers Band (1) [2] (3) [4] (5)

Duane Allman (1) (2) (3)
Gregg Allman (1) [2] (3) [4] (5)
Dickey Betts (1) [2] [3]
Jai Johanny Johanson (1) [2] [3]
Berry Oakley (1) [2] (3) (4)
Butch Trucks (1) [2]

B. B. King (1) (2)

Big Mama Thornton (1)

Black Sabbath [1]

Captain Beefheart (1) (2)

Edgar Winter (1)

Grand Funk Railroad (1)

Ike and Tina Turner (1) (2) [3]

Tina Turner (1)

J. Geils Band (1)

Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson (1)

Joe Cocker (1)

John Mayall (1)

Johnny Winter (1) (2)

Rick Derringer (1)

Keith Emerson (1)

Lynyrd Skynyrd [1] (2) (3) [4]

Richie Havens (1) [2]

Rolling Stones (1)

Mick Jagger (1) (2) (3)
Keith Richards (1) (2)

Ry Cooder (1)

Ten Years After [1] [2]

The Who (1) (2) (3) [4]

Traffic (1)

Steve Winwood (1)

Wet Willie (1) [2]

ZZ Top (1)

Other National Interests

Billy Graham (1)
Bread and Puppet Theatre (1) (2)

Peter Schumann [1]

Chelsea Hotel (1)
Chip Monck (1)
Ewing Street Times
Fame Recording Studios [1]
Freddie King [1] [2]
Holly Woodlawn [1]
John Hartford [1]
Larry Coryell [1]
Linda Ronstadt [1]
Lily Tomlin [1]
Long John Baldry [1]
Michael Des Barres [1] [2]
Ravi Shankar (1) (2)
Tim Hardin [1] [2]

The Atlanta Hip Community

Alex Cooley (1) (2)
Anti-war protest (1)
Atlanta Pop Festival #2 (1)
Atlanta Pop Memories (1) [2]
Special Moments from the Festival (1)
Bill Fibben (1)
Bruce Hampton (1)
Chakra (1)
Great Speckled Bird (1)
Hampton Grease Band (1) (2)
Harold Kelling (1) (2) [3]
Hydra (1)
Martha Westerfield [1] [2]
Maureen McLaughlin [1]
Milkweed [1]
Moe Slotin (1)
Pat Alger (1)
Piedmont Park (1) (2) (3) (4)
Radar (1)
Robin Feld (1)
Sports Arena (1)
Steve Cole (1)
Tenth Street Strip (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Tom Coffin (1)

Animation Info

Some old info from the days of cell animation

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