Over 40 years ago, The Beatles cast a magical spell from which the world has never recovered. their impact, not only on rock & roll music but on all of Western culture, is simply incalculable.
In 1962, Dezo Hoffman received a letter from a fan sent to the Record Mirror, a publication at which Dezo was a staff photographer, bitterly complaining that the press was ignoring the “fab” group in Liverpool called THE BEATLES. Consequently, he went to Liverpool and took his first pictures of the “smart but rather subdued” group of four young men. During their meteoric rise in popularity, THE BEATLES hired Dezo Hoffman to be their first professional photographer. He would go on to chronicle their experiences and as a firsthand participant, captured some of the most bold, imaginative and sensitive images ever produced of THE BEATLES. Dezo took more shots of the group, and was closer to them, than almost any other photographer. He covered nearly every major event in their career, often being the only photographer present.
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- John Lennon at Saville Theatre. DH-1.
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- Paul McCartney Saville Theatre. DH-2.
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- George Harrison, Saville Theatre, 1965. DH-3.
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- Ringo Starr at Saville Theatre. DH-4.
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- Weston-Super-Mare Beach, July 1963. DH-7.
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- Abbey Rd. First recording Session. DH-8.
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- Abbey Road Studios March 1963. DH-10.
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- George Harrison. DH-11.
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- Paul McCartney Wardour St – July 1963. DH-13.
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- John Lennon Wardour St – July 1963. DH-14.
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- The Beatles, Rupert Court, 1963. DH-15.
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- Beatles at the Royal Variety Performance, Nov. 1963. DH-19.
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- George Harrison Abbey Road, February, 1964. DH-21.
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- Beatles At Abbey rd. Studios, March 1964. DH-23.
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- First Recording Session Abbey Rd Studios, Sept 1963. DH-25.
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- John & Paul at Beatles first recording session at Abbey Rd, 1962.
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- Ed Sullivan Show, February 1964. DH-27.
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- Beatles out the front of BBC 1963. DH-35.
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- Paul McCartney 1967. DH-40B.
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- George Harrison 1967. DH-40C.
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- Ringo Starr 1967. DH-40D.
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- Beatles on Sunday Night At The London Palladium, January 1964. DH-41.
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- Beatles on Sunday Night At The London Palladium, January 1964. DH-43.
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- The Beatles on Juke Box Jury late 1963. DH-47.
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- Stowe Public School. DH-53.
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- Beatles at Stowe School, Bucks, April 1963. DH-54.
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- The Beatles at Sefton Park, 1963. DH-57.
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- Dezo Hoffman’s Studio, April, 1963. DH-58.
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- Beatles behind the microphones at VIP Press Lounge Reception, Kennedy Airport during the first Beatles USA tour, February 1964. DH59.
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- Beatles on ATV’s “Morecombe and Wise Show”, Elstree 1963. DH-60.
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- Beatles London, 1963. DH-62.
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- Outside EMI, Feb 1965. DH-66.
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- The Beatles at Liverpool’s The Cavern Club, April 1963. DH-68.
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- Publicity Shot. DH-69.
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- ATVs Morecroft & Wise TV, 1963. DH-72.
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- Brian Epstein’s Belgravia home, 1967. DH-73.
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- At the rear of Paul McCartney’s House, April 1963. DH-132.
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- John Lennon listening to Can’t Buy Me Love, 1964. DH-134.
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- John Lennon Studio #2, July 1963. DH-133.
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- The Beatles with George Martin at Abbey Rd. Studios. March 1964. DH-136.
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- Paul on Piano, Abbey Rd, 1964. DH-137.
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- John Lennon, 1969. DH-140.
