Astrid Kirchner

The Beatles
74 x 63.5 cm

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    Hamburg artist and photographer Astrid Kirchner used her camera to capture the birth of a groundbreaking youth movement - The Beatles. It reflected the moment of Liverpool band's transition from obscurity to stellar fame, from infantilism to wisdom, the transformation of young guys into men. Being at the right time and in the right place, they worked together to create the history of the era.

Illustration

The Beatles
74 x 63.5 cm

  • Read more about the artwork

    Hamburg artist and photographer Astrid Kirchner used her camera to capture the birth of a groundbreaking youth movement - The Beatles. It reflected the moment of Liverpool band's transition from obscurity to stellar fame, from infantilism to wisdom, the transformation of young guys into men. Being at the right time and in the right place, they worked together to create the history of the era.

Illustration

The Beatles
74 x 63.5 cm

  • Read more about the artwork

    Hamburg artist and photographer Astrid Kirchner used her camera to capture the birth of a groundbreaking youth movement - The Beatles. It reflected the moment of Liverpool band's transition from obscurity to stellar fame, from infantilism to wisdom, the transformation of young guys into men. Being at the right time and in the right place, they worked together to create the history of the era.

Astrid Kirchner

About the artist

Astrid Kirchner was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann and Jürgen Vollmer) and her photographs of the band's original members – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best – during their early days in Hamburg. Kirchherr met artist Stuart Sutcliffe in the Kaiserkeller bar in Hamburg in 1960, where Sutcliffe was playing bass with the Beatles, and was later engaged to him, before his death in 1962. Although Kirchherr shot very few photographs after 1967, her early work has been exhibited in Hamburg, Bremen, London, Liverpool, New York City, Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Vienna, and at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. She published three limited-edition books of photographs.