Wanna know the what’s, why’s and where’s of the above pictured iconic photograph of John Lennon?  The man behind the photo, rock photographer Bob Gruen, explains in his own words…

“I had actually bought that shirt a year earlier; I had given one of them to John. I used to wear them quite a bit; I had about 7 or 8 of them. I was very proud to be from New York, still am. And John wanted an album design that required a series of very similar photos of his face making all different expressions, and he wanted to do it very simply. He had a rooftop penthouse apartment on the East Side, and so we went out on the roof and took the pictures for the album cover. Then he suggested we take some more for the publicity pictures, and I said, “Would you still have that T-shirt I gave you last year? Because this is a perfect setting, with the skyline all around.” And he knew right where it was and went and put the T-shirt on and we took this photo. We had no idea when we were taking it that it would become such a well-known picture.”

Is that cool story or what?  Who knew that pic would become what it is today!

Source, Photo Credit:  PR Photos

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