{"id":973413,"date":"2019-11-08T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T19:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=910071"},"modified":"2019-11-08T12:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T19:08:29","slug":"paul-mccartney-remembers-beatles-photographer-robert-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/paul-mccartney-remembers-beatles-photographer-robert-freeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney Remembers Beatles Photographer Robert Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul McCartney<\/a> remembered Robert Freeman as \u201cimaginative and a true original thinker\u201d in a tribute<\/a> to the late photographer who shot some of the Beatles<\/a>\u2019 most memorable album covers.<\/p>\n

Freeman\u2019s photos of the Beatles ended up the covers of albums like With the Beatles<\/i>, Rubber Soul<\/i>, Help!<\/i> and Beatles for Sale<\/i>. In his tribute, McCartney recalled the shoot for With the Beatles<\/i>, which he noted always had the aesthetic of \u201ca carefully arranged studio shot\u201d considering the way the band is so meticulously lit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact it was taken quite quickly by Robert in the corridor of a hotel we were staying in where natural light came from the windows at the end of the corridor,\u201d McCartney remembered. \u201cI think it took no more than half an hour to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCartney also recalled how Freeman accidentally created the stretched effect on the Rubber Soul <\/i>cover. To give the band a sense of what their covers would look like, Freeman regularly projected photos onto a piece of cardboard cut into the size of an LP sleeve. During the viewing session for the Rubber Soul <\/i>photos, the picture fell backwards a bit in the slide projector, altering its dimensions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInstead of simply putting the card upright again, we became excited at the idea of this new version of his photograph,\u201d McCartney said. \u201cHe assured us that it was possible to print it this way and because the album was titled Rubber Soul<\/i> we felt the image fitted perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCartney closed his note, saying, \u201cI will miss this wonderful man but will always cherish the fond memories I have of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freeman\u2019s death was announced via the Beatles\u2019 Twitter<\/a> account today, November 8th. A cause of death was not given.<\/p>\n

Paul McCartney Tribute to Robert Freeman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Robert Freeman has passed away. He was one of our favourite photographers during the Beatles years who came up with some of our most iconic album covers. Besides being a great professional he was imaginative and a true original thinker. People often think that the cover shot for Meet The Beatles of our foreheads in half shadow was a carefully arranged studio shot. In fact it was taken quite quickly by Robert in the corridor of a hotel we were staying in where natural light came from the windows at the end of the corridor. I think it took no more than half an hour to accomplish.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bob also took the Rubber Soul cover; his normal practice was to use a slide projector and project the photos he\u2019d taken onto a piece of white cardboard which was exactly album sized, thus giving us an accurate idea of how the finished product would look. During his viewing session the card which had been propped up on a small table fell backwards giving the photograph a \u2018stretched\u2019 look. Instead of simply putting the card upright again we became excited at the idea of this new version of his photograph. He assured us that it was possible to print it this way and because the album was titled Rubber Soul we felt that the image fitted perfectly.<\/em><\/p>\n

I will miss this wonderful man but will always cherish the fond memories I have of him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks Bob.<\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul McCartney remembered Robert Freeman as \u201cimaginative and a true original thinker\u201d in a tribute to the late photographer who shot some of the Beatles\u2019 most memorable album covers. Freeman\u2019s photos of the Beatles ended up the covers of albums like With the Beatles, Rubber Soul, Help! and Beatles for Sale. In his tribute, McCartney […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 07:09:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}