{"id":1543,"date":"2020-10-09T17:07:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:47:05","slug":"john-lennon-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/john-lennon-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lennon Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To mark what would have been John Lennon&#8217;s 80th birthday on 9th October Archive Services have been showing some of their remarkable photographs of the Beatles. <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ej5VAdlXcAE_ZFS.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1544\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ej5VAdlXcAE_ZFS.jpeg\" alt=\"Photograph of the Beatles\" width=\"1076\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ej5VAdlXcAE_ZFS.jpeg 1076w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ej5VAdlXcAE_ZFS-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ej5VAdlXcAE_ZFS-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ej5VAdlXcAE_ZFS-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taken by Hungarian photo-journalist Michael Peto the images include the Beatles being awarded the MBE in 1965. <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAWXYAAt5kU.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1545\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAWXYAAt5kU.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAWXYAAt5kU.jpeg 992w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAWXYAAt5kU-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAWXYAAt5kU-768x509.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peto was given access to the group while they were recording Help in the same year.<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAdWoAAYut6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1548\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAdWoAAYut6.jpeg\" alt=\"Lennon\" width=\"567\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAdWoAAYut6.jpeg 567w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAdWoAAYut6-205x300.jpeg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a photographer Peto was known to put his subjects at ease, capturing them in relaxed informal settings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAgXsAAyzjp.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1547\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAgXsAAyzjp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAgXsAAyzjp.jpeg 669w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2020\/10\/Ejt8zAgXsAAyzjp-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also took photographs of stage and screen productions like this one of Lennon with Peter Cook on the set of Not Only But Also.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Michael Peto photographic collection see https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/archives\/thecollections\/peto\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark what would have been John Lennon&#8217;s 80th birthday on 9th October Archive Services have been showing some of their remarkable photographs of the Beatles. 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