Astrid Kirchherr, the German-born photographer who first captured the Beatles, has died at the age of 81. German newspaper Die Zeit confirmed Kirchherr’s death, noting the photographer died of a ...

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison paid tribute to German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, who reportedly died in Hamburg, Germany on Tuesday at 81 years old.

German photographer and artist best known for her pictures of the Beatles, whose distinctive image she helped to shape “Black and white means photography to me,” said Astrid Kirchherr in 1995. “It’s ...

The stark black-and-white photographs she took of the group in Hamburg, Germany, before the musicians were famous captured both their toughness and their sensitivity. By Allan Kozinn Astrid Kirchherr, ...

The Beatles' moptop hairstyle remains for many their most recognisable feature as a band, but it might surprise some to hear that it wasn't John, Paul, George or Ringo who first came up with the style ...