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Harry Benson. The Beatles ISBN: 9783836533225
Autor: Benson Harry Rok wydania: 2013-03-01 Ilość stron: 272
Oprawa: twarda Format: 265 x 374 mm The Fab Five Behind Beatlemania
“ These pho...
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Harry Benson. The Beatles
ISBN: 9783836533225
Autor: Benson Harry
Rok wydania: 2013-03-01
Ilość stron: 272
Oprawa: twarda
Format: 265 x 374 mm
The Fab FiveBehind
Beatlemania“These photos convey a really
happy period for them and for me. It all comes down to music, they
were without a doubt the greatest band of the 20th century, and
that’s why these photographs are so important.” – Harry
Benson, 2012
In early 1964, Harry Benson was getting on a plane for a foreign
assignment in Africa, when he got a call from the photo editor of
London newspaper The Daily Express. He was now going
with The Beatles to Paris to document French Beatlemania and what
followed was the biggest (ticket to) ride of his life.
Benson was warmly welcomed into The Beatles’ inner sanctum,
resulting in some of the most intimate photographs ever taken of
the band, then on the cusp of world domination. In
Paris, he took the famous photograph of the Fab Four
having a pillow fight at the George V Hotel; he shot their
groundbreaking first visit to the United States, the full
impact of New York hysteria, their famous appearance on The Ed
Sullivan show, the band in Florida, including their surprising
encounter with Cassius Clay; as well as on the set of A
Hard Day’s Night. The relationship continued in 1966,
including George’s honeymoon in Barbados and their notorious US
tour, under the shadow cast by Lennon’s comment that the Beatles
were “bigger than Jesus Christ.”
Benson’s luminous black and white photographs show at close
quarters The Beatles composing, performing, encountering their
fans, relaxing, and engaging with each other, while trying to cope
with their increasingly isolating fame. In addition
to hundreds of photographs, many previously
unseen, there is an introductory essay by Benson as well
as quotes and newspaper clippings from the period.
First published in
TASCHEN’s limited edition - now
available in this unlimited popular edition.The
photographer:
Glasgow-born Harry Benson has
photographed every US President since Eisenhower, the Civil Rights
movement, and was next to Robert Kennedy when he was assassinated.
As well as The Beatles, he has shot some of the biggest
personalities of the last 50 years, including Michael Jackson,
Elizabeth Taylor and Her Majesty The Queen. In 2009, he was made
Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
