ALLAN TANNENBAUM , internationally recognized fine art and news photographer, has
been published in Time, Newsweek, Life, People, Paris Match, Focus, and many other media
and photography collections. In 1980 he photographed Lennon and Yoko Ono in a poignant
series of studies. Now, 20 years later, a new series of digitally restored images has been
created by Tannenbaum. Archivally printed on matte water color paper, this new series, as
well as several of the earlier black and white portfolio series, will be on view at The Williams Gallery in Princeton, Bock Gallery in Plantation Florida and Williams Gallery West in Oakhurst,
California.
In November of 1980 Allan Tannenbaum, a world class photographer then covering the
entertainment beat for the SoHo Weekly News, heard that John Lennon and Yoko Ono were
giving interviews. The Lennons, who had been in seclusion for five straight years, were
about to re-emerge. With a new record album, "Double Fantasy" due out, the
Lennons were embarking on a limited publicity campaign. Mr. Tannenbaum, a 1967 Rutgers
University graduate, was among the journalists who got the nod to photograph them at the
Dakota. The result was the beginning of several photo sessions - one in Central Park and
another series in a Manhattan gallery that they had transformed into a stark-white film
studio. Tannenbaum emerged with a collection of emotional, often intimate, fine art
photographs. These photographs offer a last in depth look at this famous couple. Now, 20
years later, Tannenbaum has developed a new series of images inspired by the original black and white photographs of November 1980.
Each of the newly released digital color images, some of which have never been seen
before, are limited to editions of 200. The artist's use of color and imaging present a
brilliant and contemporary profile of these most colorful and renowned musical figures
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