THE photographer who captured a famous shot of The Beatles relaxing on Plymouth Hoe in 1967 has died.
Music photographer David Redfern, who also captured the
likes of Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone and Arcade Fire, died on October 22
at the age of 78.
David's legacy lives on in Plymouth through his iconic photo of The Beatles which was probably one of the last photos captured of all four members of the group together since they stopped performing live in 1966.
"There were a whole load of photographers following The Beatles on their Magical Mystery Tour and the bus they were on couldn't get over Newbridge on Dartmoor so they had to turn the bus around with at least 20 photographers on it," explained historian Chris Robinson.
"They were just looking for somewhere to cool down and calm down and to let the photographers take some pictures so that's why they went onto the Hoe.
"The fact that they are on the Hoe and in the order that everyone used to talk about them makes it quite a remarkable photo for all sorts of reasons."
For Peter Davey, director of Plymouth-based PCQ Arts, the photo reflects a changing of cultures and captures the era.
"It reflects the youth movement at the time that shaped popular culture and that period of change in the '60s.
"To take a photograph like that in Plymouth and for The Beatles to visit Plymouth was quite amazing then because most bands played in places like London.
"Also, the photograph is quite controversial because of what The Beatles stood for so a lot of older people would have disliked that. The photograph looked quite hippy and revolutionary for its time."
Zuzana Fricova, manager of Mayflower Arts on the Barbican, said she still sells copies of the picture every day.
She said: "It's really quite astonishing that we get so many people, especially young people, saying 'Wow it's the Beatles on the Hoe in 1967, really?'
"We get that day in and day out, whether it's tourists or locals."
Chris Robinson's Plymouth Prints licensed the photo as a poster and made it available to the public in 2002.
Music photographer David Redfern, who also captured the
likes of Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone and Arcade Fire, died on October 22
at the age of 78.David's legacy lives on in Plymouth through his iconic photo of The Beatles which was probably one of the last photos captured of all four members of the group together since they stopped performing live in 1966.
"There were a whole load of photographers following The Beatles on their Magical Mystery Tour and the bus they were on couldn't get over Newbridge on Dartmoor so they had to turn the bus around with at least 20 photographers on it," explained historian Chris Robinson.
"They were just looking for somewhere to cool down and calm down and to let the photographers take some pictures so that's why they went onto the Hoe.
"The fact that they are on the Hoe and in the order that everyone used to talk about them makes it quite a remarkable photo for all sorts of reasons."
For Peter Davey, director of Plymouth-based PCQ Arts, the photo reflects a changing of cultures and captures the era.
"It reflects the youth movement at the time that shaped popular culture and that period of change in the '60s.
"To take a photograph like that in Plymouth and for The Beatles to visit Plymouth was quite amazing then because most bands played in places like London.
"Also, the photograph is quite controversial because of what The Beatles stood for so a lot of older people would have disliked that. The photograph looked quite hippy and revolutionary for its time."
Zuzana Fricova, manager of Mayflower Arts on the Barbican, said she still sells copies of the picture every day.
She said: "It's really quite astonishing that we get so many people, especially young people, saying 'Wow it's the Beatles on the Hoe in 1967, really?'
"We get that day in and day out, whether it's tourists or locals."
Chris Robinson's Plymouth Prints licensed the photo as a poster and made it available to the public in 2002.
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