People News IV: Bob Gruen

The stamp sheet is designed to resemble a vintage 45 RPM record sleeve

Congratulations to music photographer Bob Gruen: one of his portraits of John Lennon has been chosen as a postage stamp.

The P.O. says, "The stamp design features a photograph of Lennon taken by noted rock-and-roll photographer Bob Gruen in August 1974 during the photo session for Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. For the stamps, the original black-and-white image has been treated in gradations of color."

You can see more of Bob Gruen's photographs of John Lennon's New York period here. "Bob's magical photos and brilliantly telling captions together present a kaleidoscope of John Lennon's New York Period. It is beautiful, clear, and truthful. I know. I was there." —Yoko Ono

Mike

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[Keith]

Perhaps you could work with Bob to offer full sheets of signed stamps as a TOP print sale. I'm not necessarily a Beatles fan, but Bob's work is legendary. The concept of such an offer could prove interesting.

[Stan B.]

Still remember the silence standing in Central Park with several others in his honor, Dec 1980.

[Hank]

Great Yoko quote!

[Otto]

Hmm... to me it seems the original is in color, assuming it’s the top right of C-167 at the link. Or maybe that one is “colorized”, (smiley).

[Stan B.]

Otto's correct- above photo came from the portrait session that first appeared on the Walls and Bridges album (in color). It displayed a singular portrait divided into a series of horizontal strips that could be configured into different combinations from the same portrait session to remove or add glasses and various other facial features...

http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pctc253.html