The last day of Lennon’s life started with breakfast at La Fortuna café with Yoko OnoHis 11-year-old wife, and a haircut in Viz-à-Viz. Then, he was back in Dakota, the famous Central Park West building where he and Ono had lived since 1973, for a home session with the photographer Annie Leibovitzwho slammed the couple for Roller.
“John came to the door in a black leather jacket,” recalls Leibovitz, by Smithsonian Magazine“And he had hair smoothed back. I was thrown a little by that. He had this Beatle look at the start.”
She knew RS editor Jann Wenner wanted her to capture Lennon solo, but the musician insisted that he and his wife. “I want to be with her“Leibovitz remembers that he had said.
The photo session resulted in the emblematic image of a completely naked lennon wrapped around an entirely dressed ono (who refused to undress), the couple lying on the soft white carpet in their living room.
Leibovitz said RS Decades later, “I remember sparing the Polaroid and him by looking at him and saying:” That’s it. This is our relationship. “”
Instead of being the cover image for the scheduled publication announcing the couple’s album Double fantasyHe served as a coverage of their Lennon tribute number on January 22, 1981.
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