The Photo Issue | Rolling Stone
Leibovitz was using her camera to take a light reading when she snapped this unguarded shot. Looking at the contact sheets, Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann S. Wenner instantly knew its directness captured the raw emotion of Lennon’s 1971 Rolling Stone Interview — his first public statement since the dissolution of the Beatles. “That’s the John that I knew – and I know,” Yoko Ono said. “That’s his spirit coming out.” Read more.
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