John and Yoko: Twilight of a Romance

Images from Allan Tannenbaum’s historic photo sessions.

Working in New York as a photographer for a downtown newspaper, Allan Tannenbaum traveled to the Dakota in November 1980 to take pictures of Yoko Ono for an upcoming profile. John Lennon joined them in Central Park, and their casual walk—through what later would become known as Strawberry Fields—resulted in simple, handsome portraits. A few days later, Tannenbaum photographed the couple in more sensual poses during the filming of a video for “(Just Like) Starting Over,” the first single from their new album, Double Fantasy. When Lennon was murdered, on December 8, 1980, Tannenbaum’s photos suddenly became some of the couple’s last together. They have now been collected in Tannenbaum’s new book, John & Yoko: A New York Love Story.

Above: John and Yoko in Central Park, November 21, 1980.

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