Штатные (и не только) фотографы Битлз

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JANE BOWN OBSERVER
Introduced by Andrew Billen

Jane Bown, of The Observer, is many people's favourite photographer.
She is also among the least affected, admitting to no technique other than an uncluttered approach and a firm belief in the use of natural light. Such immediacy, coupled with a unique sensitivity towards her subjects, has resulted in a lifetime of intuitive and expressive images. This book selects from the whole range of her photography during the forty-five years she has worked for The Observer, starting with scenes typical of the Fifties and ending with others typical of the Nineties. The portraits, sandwiched between these and forming the body of the book, themselves range widely - from such proven classics as those of Samuel Beckett, Mick Jagger and John Betjeman, to early studies of the Beatles and recent studies of Alan Bennett, Archbishop Tutu, Boy George, Woody Allen - among a great variety of famous personalities in the worlds of music, literature, stage, screen, politics and the arts. Singly and collectively, they reveal the compassion, perceptiveness, often humour, of Jane’s vision both as public and as private observer.

John Lennon backstage at East Ham 1963

Paul McCartney backstage at East Ham 1963

Richard Avedon

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David Bailey

Dean Chamberlain

Barbara Bach

Jim Berryman

Пол в 1977

Там же

Stephen Shakeshaft
Paul and Linda
"Another picture showing my fascination with dressing rooms and behind the scenes. This was Paul's first time back in Liverpool with his group Wings after the Beatles broke up. Linda had just joined the band. This was in their dressing room at the Empire but it was just like walking into their lounge. The children were rushing up and down the corridor, playing hide and seek. It was a very orchestrated and professional performance but backstage Paul was just a dad with his wife. They are both very relaxed in the picture."

"I spent a weekend with the Beatles when they travelled to attend a course with the Maharishi at Bangor University. It ended in tragedy with the news that their manager Brian Epstein had been found dead. I never got to know John - the great touring days of the Beatles were over before my career took off. "

Three Dezo Hoffmann studio black and white photographs of John Lennon
JOHN LENNON - boating on the Miami canals February 1964,

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LENNON - The Beatles Christmas Show, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 24 December 1964

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1 - Hotel George V Paris January 1964 Dezo Hoffmann Photographs

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