Featuring
more than 150 black and white photos:
Three never before seen images of Lennon
Nine full-bleed double page spreads
Many hard-to-find, rarely seen images
Photos
taken by celebrated photographers:
Astrid Kirschherr (Hamburg years)
Ethan Russell (Let It Be album)
Annie Leibovitz (Dakota/NYC years)
More
than 350 Lennon quotes (and those close to him) are woven into
the narrative to capture the man behind the myth:
Formative events of his childhood
Obsession with rock 'n' roll
Irrepressible sense of dark humor
Intense collaborations with McCartney and Ono
Contradictory nature
- Violent man who embraced peace
- Fiercely independent but needed a strong partner
- Lacerating tongue, emotionally vulnerable
Photos
and text contextualize Lennon’s life:
50’s Liverpool, development of rock 'n' roll, Hamburg, Beatles,
Sixties, Vietnam war and protests, Lost Weekend, Dakota years
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