Irwin Klein and the New Settlers: Photographs of Counterculture in New Mexico Hardcover – Illustrated, June 1, 2016

A thoughtful look at the counter culture in the 1960s. Lisa Love got the headliners while Klein focused on those who were truly trying to change the way they lived/were brought up. I knew some of these people and a lot more like them. The Millennials today ought to be reading about these folks. This generation took down a President and changed the world.

Even though I grew up in NM, it was after the "hippie" era, so I was unaware of this part of the state's history. I found this book very interesting and the photographs are incredible.

I was expecting something more.I live in the area some of the time and there are stll people that look the same as in the book.

Early hippie history of New Mexico - with photographs.

Well written and entertaining.

Satisfied with my purchase.

Not really what I expected. I was in NM during this time and didn't really relate.

No one captured the spirit and essence of the '60s southwest American communes better than Irwin Klein. With a Leica, black and white film, and natural lighting, he created an authentic and artistic record of this unique and short-lived period of back-to-the-land '60s idealism.Poet Gary Snyder, in Earth House Hold, described the '60s communards: “Men, women and children—all of whom together hoped to follow the timeless path of love and wisdom, in affectionate company with sky, wind, clouds, trees, waters, animals, and grasses—this is the drive.”In this newly-published book, you can see the optimism, the earnestness, and yes, the impracticalities of these young, mostly urban people who left the cities for the harsh climate of the high desert of New Mexico. Irwin was a photographer who was obviously in tune with his subjects, and they with him, so you are getting an inside look at a period now lost in time, with these spare and artistic photos.