Dream Lovers: John and Yoko in NYC: The Photographs of Brian Hamill

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John Lennon's life, death and music shaped the world. His reputation as a philanthropist, political activist and pacifist influenced millions worldwide. If Elvis was King, Lennon was his rightful successor - and fittingly, several images in this collection of both classic and unseen photos show him wearing a diamond-studded 'Elvis' pin over his heart, in homage to his forefather on the throne of Rock 'n' Roll. Renowned celebrity photojournalist Brian Hamill delivers his own insider view of this Beatles icon, through intense, intimate photographic portraits and insightful essays. Whether Lennon is dominating the stage, posing against windswept cityscapes, or relaxing with Yoko Ono, Hamill's photography takes this quasi-mythical figure from the world of Rock 'n' Roll and shows him as the man he really was. AUTHOR: Brian Hamil has been photographing icons of popular culture for over 50 years. His photojournalism career began in the 1960s; since then he has assisted leading fashion photographers, covered the Troubles in Northern Ireland for The New York Times Magazine, and worked as a unit still photographer on over 75 motion pictures. His photographs have been shown in numerous solo exhibitions across North America, and in London and Italy. Many major magazines have published his work, including Life, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Rolling Stone and The Saturday Evening Post. SELLING POINTS: . New and unseen photographs of Beatles icon, John Lennon . A series of essays from the photographer relate the exclusive story behind the images captured in this book . Foreword by Pete Hamill - bestselling author, award-winning columnist and editor for The New York Post and The New York Daily News, essayist and educator

Brian Hamill has been photographing icons of popular culture for over 50 years. His photojournalism career began in the 1960s; since then he has assisted leading fashion photographers, covered the Troubles in Northern Ireland for The New York Times Magazine, and worked as a unit still photographer on over 75 motion pictures. His photographs have been shown in numerous solo exhibitions across North America, and in London and Italy. Many major magazines have published his work, including Life, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Rolling Stone and The Saturday Evening Post.

"These photos are stunning, bittersweet visions of a past shared by all of us." -- Tom Hanks; "As with all Hamill's work, his images of the Beatle and his artist wife - newly published in a photo book titled Dream Lovers - are masterfully composed and wonderfully candid." -- Daisy Woodward, AnOther Magazine; "The connection between John and Yoko and the city. That was really special. Some people suggested that they moved to New York to hide. They didn't, weren't hiding. They were on the streets... people would stop them and they would stop and talk to people." -- Brian Hamill interview as told to Colin Miner, Patch Magazine; "Dream Lovers offers a surprisingly intimate, loving, and candid portrait of the pair." -- Dominique Sisley, AnOther; "Isn't it interesting that this Dream Lovers book contains photographs of these famous lovers, John and Yoko - and that Lennon means 'lover'. John and Yoko were passionate lovers." -- Gabriel Rosenstock, Tuairisc.ie;