The power of a photograph

"Abbey Road"

The photo I chose is one of The Beatles. I think it's the most known picture of them.On it we can see that they are on a street called Abbey Road and that they are walking on a zebra crossing. The one that is dressed with a white suit is John Lennon, the other one, dressed in black, is Ringo Starr, then it goes Paul McCartney and finally George Harrison. 

This photo is the cover of their last album, called "Abbey Road" in honour of the street. Initially it was going to be called "Everest" and they were preparing a photoshot in the Himalayas. On the background we can see a white "beatle" Volkswagen. It became famous and finally it was sold in an auction for 2,300 pounds.

The street is situated in Westminster, London. Nowadays there's a camera installed there and you can see the people that walks along it. The plate of the street's name was stolen by some fans.

The photo was spontaneous, because they didn't prepare the place to do the photoshot or their clothes. They just went out of their studio while the photographer, Ian McMillan, took photos of them. It was taken the 8 of August in 1969, and now it has become a tradition to cross that road every 8 of August.

I chose this picture because I wanted to talk about something that I really like: the music, and The Beatles are really important and famous in that world. Also because it's a very known photo.

Carla Martínez

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