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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn a New Book, Never-Before-Seen Photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
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A little over 30 years ago, the Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama walked through Central Park with one of the most famous couples in the world. It was sunset, autumn; they sat on a bench just in front of the pond, bordered by trees, a sliver of New York skyline visible in the distance, including the building where they lived. He asked them to kiss, and he clicked the shutter. Three months later, on Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was fatally shot at the entrance to the Dakota, home to him and his wife, Yoko Ono. Just three weeks prior to Lennons death, Shinoyamas photograph of John and Yokos kiss at Central Park Pond had appeared on the cover of what would be their final studio album, Double Fantasy. Shinoyama made other photographs that day, of course 800 in all, in fact but many of them have never been shown until now, on the occasion of Taschens forthcoming publication of Kishin Shinoyama. John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Double Fantasy ($700), out this month. A video trailer for the book premieres here.
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/john-lennon-yoko-ono-new-pictures-kishin-shinoyama
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