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Book Synopsis"These photos are stunning, bittersweet visions of a past shared by all of us." - Tom Hanks.
"Brian Hamill is best known as a still photographer and a photojournalist. But I’ve always regarded him - first and foremost - as a master portraitist. And this book bears that out - capturing as it does, the many-faceted phenomenon that was John and Yoko - artists, lovers, cultural comrades and - most elusively - business partners. Behind his camera, Hamill is something of a phenomenon himself." - Richard Price
John Lennon's life, death and music shaped the world. His reputation as a philanthropist, political activist and pacifist influenced millions worldwide. If Elvis was King, Lennon was his rightful successor - and fittingly, several images in this collection of both classic and unseen photos show him wearing a diamond-studded 'Elvis' pin over his heart, in homage to his forefather on the throne of Rock 'n' Roll. John Lennon is seen here in several sessions in New York, performing on stage, relaxed at home and walking on the street with Yoko Ono.
Renowned celebrity photojournalist Brian Hamill delivers his own insider view of this Beatles icon, through intense, intimate photographic portraits and insightful text. Whether Lennon is dominating the stage, posing on the roof of the Dakota building, or relaxing with Yoko Ono, Hamill's photography takes this quasi-mythical figure from the world of Rock 'n' Roll and shows him as the man he really was.
"Brian looked at the John Lennon who had become an icon and saw instead a familiar face. He saw a working-class hero like those that built the City of New York. And so when John Lennon came to live in New York, Brian captured him as a New Yorker, in the joyous images that you will find in this book." - Pete Hamill
"Lennon, one of the most famous men in human history, wanted to live as one among many. Of course, he hit it off with Hamill. The guy that flew so high needed some oxygen. Hamill is fresh air. His folio of Lennon images shows Lennon focused, present, but edgy, never relaxed." - Alec Baldwin
Trade Review"These photos are stunning, bittersweet visions of a past shared by all of us." -- Tom Hanks; "As with all Hamill's work, his images of the Beatle and his artist wife - newly published in a photo book titled Dream Lovers - are masterfully composed and wonderfully candid." -- Daisy Woodward, AnOther Magazine; "The connection between John and Yoko and the city. That was really special. Some people suggested that they moved to New York to hide. They didn't, weren't hiding. They were on the streets... people would stop them and they would stop and talk to people." -- Brian Hamill interview as told to Colin Miner, Patch Magazine; "Dream Lovers offers a surprisingly intimate, loving, and candid portrait of the pair." -- Dominique Sisley, AnOther; “Isn't it interesting that this Dream Lovers book contains photographs of these famous lovers, John and Yoko - and that Lennon means 'lover'. John and Yoko were passionate lovers.” -- Gabriel Rosenstock, Tuairisc.ie;
