Apr 2, 2023
There was one picture I took of John at Paul's house when he was half-dressing, putting on his shirt. And he hated it. He said, "Look, Dezo, you say you want clean-cut pictures of us, so why do you use this? I look like a tramp!" I replied, "Yes, but your face... I never saw you look so human as on this picture." And it's possible that this word "human" made him think, because eventually he loved that picture most, much better than the rest of the portraits. After that he always said, "Why didn't you get the rest of the shirt in the picture?"
John Lennon, Dezo Hoffmann
#if you say so#john lennon#the beatles#this is from the intro but the caption says it was taken at the paris cinema#and i remember reading elsewhere that it was in jim/paul's kitchen#in which case i'm not sure why he's getting dressed there#anyway this is mostly noteworthy for the tramp comment obviously#but the 'human' part is interesting too#to be a tramp is to be human#lesson i learned today#lennon#myops
