{"product_id":"the-beatles","title":"The Beatles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ethe Beatles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBackstage pass to the Fab Four\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn early 1964, photographer \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/harry-benson\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eHarry Benson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e received a call from the photo editor of London’s \u003cem\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/em\u003e, who asked him to cover the \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=beatles\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBeatles\u003c\/a\u003e’ trip to Paris. It was the beginning of a \u003cstrong\u003ecareer-defining relationship\u003c\/strong\u003e, which would both make Benson’s name and produce some of the \u003cstrong\u003emost intimate photographs ever taken of the \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=beatles\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBeatles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn Paris, Benson captured the Fab Four in the midst of a \u003cstrong\u003epillow fight at the George V Hotel\u003c\/strong\u003e, a spontaneous moment which came to epitomize the spirit of the band—Benson himself has called it the \u003cstrong\u003ebest shot of his career\u003c\/strong\u003e. Later that year, he followed the group on the road for their \u003cstrong\u003edebut U.S. tour\u003c\/strong\u003e, documenting their appearance on \u003cem\u003eThe Ed Sullivan Show\u003c\/em\u003e, their surprising encounter with Cassius Clay, and the hysteria of \u003cstrong\u003eNew York Beatlemania\u003c\/strong\u003e. Benson also photographed \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Harrison’s honeymoon in Barbados\u003c\/strong\u003e, documented the \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=beatles\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBeatles\u003c\/a\u003e on the set of their debut movie \u003cem\u003eA Hard Day’s Night\u003c\/em\u003e, and was present on the now infamous 1966 tour when John Lennon said that the \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=beatles\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBeatles\u003c\/a\u003e were “more popular than Jesus.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis pocket-sized edition brings back the best of Benson’s luminous black-and-white \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=beatles\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBeatles\u003c\/a\u003e portfolio. Complemented by quotes and newspaper clippings from the period, an introduction by the photographer himself \u003cstrong\u003eadds exciting personal testimony to these iconic images of the greatest band in musical history\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe photographer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGlasgow-born \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/harry-benson\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eHarry Benson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=beatles\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBeatles\u003c\/a\u003e, he has shot some of the biggest personalities of the last 50 years, including Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and \u003c\/span\u003eHer Majesty The Queen. In 2009, he was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52199570964848,"sku":null,"price":1190000.0,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/2679\/1280\/files\/Frame55_85864492-986f-45b1-96af-67648988942a.png?v=1779438974","url":"https:\/\/coverbook.store\/en-id\/products\/the-beatles","provider":"Cover Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}