Kishin Shinoyama: Photographer of iconic John Lennon-Yoko Ono photo dies - BBC News

Kishin Shinoyama's photo of the couple kissing was the cover of their album, Double Fantasy.

10 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Yoko Ono and photographer Kishin Shinoyama pose at his photo exhibition in 2010By Mariko OiBBC NewsJapanese photographer, Kishin Shinoyama, who took one of the last pictures of John Lennon with Yoko Ono has died at the age of 83.

He spent five days with the couple in 1980 and his photo of them kissing was used on the cover of the couple's album, Double Fantasy.

It was one of the last photographs of Lennon - taken months before his death.

Shinoyama later acknowledged that it was he who suggested the couple kiss for the shot.

"I think it was their happiest moment," he said. "I was fortunate to have been there and I feel privileged to have captured the moment."

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