Meet Rock Journalist David Hepworth
David Hepworth is a font of rock pop music knowledge, and we were delighted that he joined as our special guest at The Hari hotel, London for our book pre-launch…
Tommy was a London born photographer, who first met The Beatles in late September back in ‘63, when he took the famed iconic ‘4 ties” image (above). He went on to photograph many, many, well-known musical artists over his long career, but was always returned to the inner circle of The Beatles, right up to being the first to take a group photo of the three remaining Beatles in 95, following the tragic murder of John Lennon.
Tommy’s Story
As a young seventeen year old starting out to fulfil his dream of being a photographer, Tommy Hanley never anticipated that the road ahead would be filled with great musical icons. In his twenties he travelled around Britain as a staff photographer for John Bull magazine, which became the widely read Today publication. He quickly discovered that “there’s no show businesslike show business”
Tommy was with The Beatles right at the beginning of their meteoric rise to fame and became good friends with the members of the most famous band in the world. Tom worked closely with them in the 1960’s and 1970’s and as you will see from many of his photos was often present when the band were ‘off duty’ behind closed doors. He was with them when they wrote some of the songs that are so well known to us all and even sat with three of the band as they planned a break away group towards the end of their career. ‘With a Little Help from My Lens’ tells the story of his time with the ‘Fab Four’ in his own words.
