The last day of Lennon’s life started with breakfast at Café La Fortuna with Yoko OnoHis wife of 11 years and a hairstyle at Viz-à-Viz. Then it was back to Dakota, the famous Central Park West building where he and Ono lived since 1973, for a home session with the photographer Annie Leibovitzsnapped Police stone.
“John came to the door in a black leather jacket,” remembered Leibovitz, Per Smithsonian Magazine“And he got his hair licked back. I was thrown a bit of it. He had the early Beatle look.”
She knew Rs editor in chief Jann Wenner Wanted her to catch Lennon Solo, but musicians insisted that it was him and his wife. “I want to be with her“Leibovitz recalled him and said.
The photography resulted in the iconic image of a completely naked Lennon curled around a completely dressed ono (who refused to undress), the couple lay on the plush white rug in their living room.
Said Leibovitz Rs Decades later, “I remember peeing polaroid and him looking at it and said,” This is it. This is our relationship. “
Instead of being the cover image for the Planning’s planned spread of the couple’s album Double imaginationIt worked as the cover of their January 22, 1981, Lennon Tribute Issue.
