The Halcyon Days of John & Yoko
By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Oct 1st, 2007 • Category: Loose Ends, News for Creatives (archives), PhotographyBy Jack Crager for PopPhoto.com:
“Of the myriad pictures made of John Lennon, perhaps none is more iconic than his last formal portrait, with the former Beatle in the nude and holding his wife Yoko Ono, made by Annie Leibovitz just hours before Lennon’s death. After it appeared posthumously on the cover of Rolling Stone, the image became a symbol of cruel irony — the public reemergence of a famous but reclusive couple, tragically cut short by assassination.
But most of the world didn’t know at the time that Lennon and Ono had been carefully orchestrating their showbiz comeback for months. While completing their Double Fantasy album, the pair reached out to a few trusted journalists to set the record straight (their side) about their years of seclusion and promote their new record. Among their most friendly press cohorts during this period was New York photographer Allan Tannenbaum, who had known the couple since 1975.”
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