{"product_id":"starting-over-with-john-and-yoko-the-photographs-9781978844797","title":"Starting Over with John and Yoko: The Photographs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is one to linger over.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn August 7, 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made their triumphant return to the recording studio after a self-imposed five-year absence. Roger Farrington, an up-and-coming photographer from Boston, was hired to get \"the shot\" that would announce their comeback. It would be Lennon's most intense press scrutiny since the heady days of the Beatles' maiden voyage to America in 1964, and for Farrington, it would be the assignment of a lifetime. Just four months later, Lennon's assassination would plunge the world into mourning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReproducing, for the first time, the entire run of Farrington's iconic photographs from that day, \u003ci\u003eStarting Over\u003c\/i\u003e transports readers back to 1980 and into Manhattan's Hit Factory, where Lennon and Ono recorded their acclaimed LP \u003ci\u003eDouble Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e. With supporting photos and other ephemera, Farrington and renowned Beatles historian Kenneth Womack capture a poignant moment in music history and provide an insider's look at celebrity photography in the pre-digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Farrington,Kenneth Womack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978844797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKENNETH WOMACK is a professor of English and popular music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Over the years, he has authored numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eSolid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJohn Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiving the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eROGER FARRINGTON is a Boston-based publicity photographer. His images have appeared in publications worldwide, including \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country, New York Times, Washington Post, Paris Match\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. Besides his iconic 1980 images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, other celebrities Roger Farrington has photographed include Andy Warhol, HRH Prince Charles, Matt Damon, Cher, Richard Pryor, Elton John, Jay Leno, Alec Baldwin, Dionne Warwick, Cyndi Lauper, Luciano Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra, Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, Charlton Heston, Liza Minnelli, Billy Joel, Vanna White, and many others. His work has been exhibited in Boston, New York City, Liverpool, and Tokyo, and is held in private and public collections.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Roger Farrington \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48912968974493,"sku":"9781978844797","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dfbc7f65-8d70-49f8-87b2-a0fdcdedc388.jpg?v=1789548648","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/starting-over-with-john-and-yoko-the-photographs-9781978844797","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}