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The cover of The Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Year of creation: 1967

The cover of The Beatles' most significant album featured characters that the musicians considered important. Each proposed their own list of candidates. Everyone except one.

Initially, the cover design for the record “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was made by a group of Dutch artists The Fool. They were fond of fashionable psychedelics and proposed a rather stereotypical option for that time with a surreal landscape. One of the leaders of British art, gallery owner Robert Fraser, who knew Paul McCartney, managed to dissuade the musicians from this idea. Having criticized the design, Fraser proposed himself as the project's art director. It was he who invited artist Peter Blake to work on the cover.

The cover concept was created by Paul McCartney. According to his idea, the album is represented not by The Beatles, but by another group - the fictional lonely hearts club of Sgt. Pepper.

The Beatles freed themselves from their usual roles and for the first time appeared in a new image - with grown hair, beards and sideburns... The “old” Beatles - neatly trimmed, in classic suits - were left behind in the form of wax figures. They were kept company by the heroes of the time, who had turned into human-sized cardboard silhouettes. List of seven dozen famous personalities the musicians composed themselves. Only Ringo Starr abstained from nominating candidates. It took Blake just eight days to prepare the collage of cardboard characters. He received 200 pounds for his work.

On June 1, 1967, the album appeared on the shelves of the world. As a result, it sold more than 30 million copies and became one of the twenty best-selling albums of all time, but Blake no longer received a penny for it - he did not have the copyright. But he received worldwide recognition, although he was often burdened by it. “This cover for me is a cross that I have been carrying all my life, my heavy burden,” the artist admits. - I'm very upset that I'm known as Peter Blake, who drew the cover of Sergeant Pepper, when in fact I created many other things. From time to time I forget the insult, but every time I am reminded of it.”

1. COSTUMES The Beatles, reminiscent of military uniforms, were tailored specifically for the shoot. Paul and George decided to pin on them the Orders of the British Empire they received a couple of years before the shoot (Paul wears an Ontario Provincial Police insignia on his sleeve). John has medals that he borrowed from the mother of former Beatles drummer Pete Best. In their hands the musicians hold instruments uncharacteristic of their stage image: John - a horn, Ringo - a trumpet, Paul - an English horn, George - a flute.

2. DOLL IN A SWEATER, which reads: “Welcome the good folks The Rolling Stones.” The Stones later responded in the same style, using images of The Beatles on the cover of their psychedelic album Their Satanic Majesties Request: portraits of the Fab Four were hidden among flowers. It’s interesting that both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were photographed for both covers by the same photographer - Michael Cooper. The doll sits on the lap of a rag figure of an old woman made by Blake's wife Jane Hayworth.

3. SHIRLEY TEMPLE. This American girl became one of the highest paid actresses in the United States during Great Depression and managed to earn a million dollars before she was 10 years old.

4. MAE WEST. American actress of the 1930s, sex symbol and one of the most scandalous stars of her time. At first she refused the Liverpudlians' offer. “What did I forget at the lonely hearts club?” - asked the actress. The Beatles sent to a Hollywood legend detailed letter with an explanation of the concept and a call to change your mind. May changed her mind. Besides Mae West, The Beatles considered Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich and English actress Diana Dors to be sex symbols of the era.

5. FRED ASTER. The Hollywood dancer was chosen by Paul McCartney. It is known that when the American learned about the proposal of the Fab Four, he was delighted.

6. LEWIS CARROLL. Lennon insisted on the candidacy of his favorite writer. John claimed that Carroll inspired the song "I Am The Walrus".

7 and 8. ALDUS HUXLEY AND KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN. The author of the dystopian novel Brave New World and the German composer appeared, according to McCartney, mainly because of the “spectacular names.”

9. SONNY LISTON. A boxer who was beaten twice in the ring by Muhammad Ali. The Beatles knew Sonny personally, and in 1964 the athlete even came to the musicians' show. True, Liston did not like the concert. “My dog ​​drums better than this guy,” he said of Ringo.

10. STU SUTCLIFFE. Former bassist for The Beatles. John Lennon called him best friend. Stu died in 1962, when he was only 21 years old. World fame came to the group later.

11. CLAY “THREE OF LIFE”. Appeared on the cover thanks to the American actor, singer and comedian Germán Valdez (better known as Tin-Tan), who did not consent to his image and asked to put a traditional Mexican sculpture in his place.

12. FIGURINE OF GODDESS LAKSHMI. From Harrison's list. He recorded the song "Within You Without You" for the album with several Indian musicians without the participation of the rest of the Beatles.

13. STATUE. John Lennon brought it from home.

14. CARDBOARD GARDEN GNOME. After the photo shoot, at the request of the photographer’s assistant, all members of the group signed it. Almost 50 years later the figurine was sold for £17,000.

The working version of the cover featured Adolf Hitler. It was later removed. But, according to rumors, he still exists - behind the backs of the group members

ARTIST Peter Blake

1932 - born in Dartford, Kent (Great Britain).
1946–1951 - studied at Gravesend Technical College and School of Art.
1950 - began creating collages with postcards, illustrations, photographs of actors and pop artists.
1953–1956 - studied at the Royal College of Art in London.
1962 - held the first personal exhibition.
1967 - designed the cover of The Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
1975 - joined the artistic association “Brotherhood of Ruralists”.
1981 - became a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
2002 - awarded the Order of the British Empire and knighted. Since then, he has the right to the honorific "sir".
2011 - developed new design Brit Awards statuettes.
Now lives in the London suburb of Chiswick.

Heroes of their time

Works of culture age like people. So on the cover of the still popular record there are many characters that few people remember today

Albert Einstein disappeared from the cover due to technical reasons - he was obscured by John Lennon's shoulder.

1 Yukteswar Giri (guru)
2 Aleister Crowley (mystic)
3 Mae West (actress)
4 Lenny Bruce (comedian)
5 Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer)
6 William Claude Fields (comedian)
7 Carl Gustav Jung (psychologist)
8 Edgar Allan Poe (writer)
9 Fred Astaire (actor, dancer, TV show host)
10 Richard Merkin (artist)
11 Girlfriend of Artist Albert Vargas
12 Huntz Hall (actor)
13 Simon Rodia (creator of Watts Towers)
14 Bob Dylan (musician)
15 Aubrey Beardsley (artist)
16 Sir Robert Peel (Prime Minister of Great Britain)
17 Aldous Huxley (writer)
18 Dylan Thomas (poet)
19 Terry Southern (publicist, screenwriter)
20 Dion Dimucci (singer)
21 Tony Curtis (actor)
22 Wallace Berman (artist)
23 Tommy Handley (comedian)
24 Marilyn Monroe (actress)
25 William Burroughs (writer)
26 Mahavatar Babaji (guru)
27 Stan Laurel (comedian)
28 Richard Lindner (musician)
29 Oliver Hardy (comedian)
30 Karl Marx (philosopher)
31 H. G. Wells (writer)
32 Paramahansa Yogananda (guru)
33 Unknown girl in a hat
34 Stu Sutcliffe (artist, former bassist of The Beatles)
35 Unknown girl in a hat
36 Max Miller (comedian)
37 Petty Girl (probably actress Lucille Ball). Artist George Petty became famous for his flirtatious beauties he painted for Esquire magazine.
38 Marlon Brando (actor)
39 Tom Mix (actor)
40 Oscar Wilde (writer)
41 Tyrone Power (actor)
42 Larry Bell (artist)
43 David Livingston (missionary, explorer)
44 Johnny Weissmuller (swimmer, actor, performer of Tarzan)
45 Stephen Crane (writer)
46 Izzy Bonn (comedian)
47 George Bernard Shaw (writer)
48 Horace Clifford Westermann (sculptor)
49 Albert Stubbins (footballer)
50 Lahiri Mahasaya (guru)
51 Lewis Carroll (writer)
52 Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, officer, traveler, author of the memoirs “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”)
53 Sonny Liston (boxer)
54 Petty Girl (possibly actress Binnie Barnes)
55 George Harrison (wax figure)
56 John Lennon (wax figure)
57 Shirley Temple (actress)
58 Ringo Starr (wax figure)
59 Paul McCartney (wax figure)
60 John Lennon (as orchestrator)
61 Ringo Starr (as orchestrator)
62 Paul McCartney (as orchestrator)
63 George Harrison (as orchestrator)
64 Bobby Breen (singer)
65 Marlene Dietrich (actress)
66 Legionnaire of the Order of Buffalo
68 Shirley Temple dressed as a lady (actress)
69 Diana Dors (actress)

In mid-1969, The Beatles recorded their last album together, Abbey Road. Many consider it the best album of the famous four, despite the fact that Lennon later spoke extremely negatively about it. The recording of the record took place in an atmosphere of open hostility between all members of the group, but despite this (or maybe because of this), many of the songs on the album have a cheerful and joyful sound.

The working title of the album was "Everest"; It was even suggested that the group would have to travel to the Himalayas for the cover photo. But they, of course, had neither the time nor the desire. When asked where they wanted to be photographed, Paul McCartney replied: “Why not take it on a regular street.” He quickly scribbled down a draft of the future cover on a piece of paper. Meanwhile, John Lennon and Yoko Ono agreed with their friend, 30-year-old English photographer Ian MacMillan.

Ian MacMillan was little known at the time. He graduated high school in 1954, then worked for some time as an apprentice manager in a small company. Since 1959, MacMillan became a photographer; in the early 1960s, his photographs began to appear in the English press. In the mid-sixties, he met and became friends with Yoko Ono, who in turn introduced him to Lennon.

The famous photograph was taken on August 8, 1969 at about half past twelve. “I remember we hired a policeman to stop traffic while I climbed on a stepladder and took photographs,” recalled Ian McMillan. “I took a couple of photographs of The Beatles crossing the street in one direction. Then we let the crowded cars pass, and they went in the other direction - I took a few more pictures. I ended up choosing the fifth photo out of six. It was the only shot where all four of them had their legs in an inverted 'V' shape, which is what I was going for."

This photo has become the most popular in the music world - even more famous than Richard Avedon's photo of The Beatles, which is one of the twenty most expensive photos in the world. Every year, thousands of fans gather at the now famous crosswalk. Everyone dreams of taking a photo a la the Beatles, although it is not so easy: Abbey Road is a fairly busy street, and no one stops traffic for tourists.

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American tourist from Florida Paul Cole came to London with his wife. On August 8, 1969, he left the hotel to get some air. He was damn tired of hanging around museums and wanted to just stand and see what was happening. Paul started talking to a policeman who was sitting in a parked police van. While they were talking, Paul noticed several people gathered at the pedestrian crossing and four of them began to walk back and forth along the zebra crossing, and another was taking pictures of them.

  “Some eccentrics,” Paul laughed, “who walks barefoot in London.”

The Beatles' twelfth album was originally going to be called Everest, after the name of the cigarettes smoked by one of the EMI studio engineers Geoff Emerick:

The pack had a picture of a mountain on it, which the group really liked. But they decided to abandon the name because no one wanted to go to Nepal for a photo shoot. We decided to get out of the situation in the simplest way — take a photo right next to the studio.

Before this, Paul drew and showed the photographer how he imagined the shot for the cover of the new album:

On the appointed day, at about half past twelve, photographer Ian MacMillan arrived at the EMI recording studio building at 3 Abbey Road. He was friends with Yoko Ono and she invited him to shoot. The Beatles were waiting for him on the steps outside the studio.

At first Paul was wearing beach flip-flops, then he took off his shoes and remained barefoot.

MacMillan took six photographs over ten minutes:

The fifth photograph was chosen for the case. Alan Flanagan, Steve Millwood and Derek Seagrove were there - they were decorating the EMI studio and returning from lunch. They are standing in the distance to the left of the frame.

The photo, taken at a pedestrian crossing near the studio on Abbey Road, has become another reason for fans of the conspiracy theory about Paul's death in a car accident to find new “evidence” to support this theory. The license plate on the Volkswagen LMW281F, which was in the photo, was read as “Paul would be 28 years old if he were alive.” And the crossing of the street itself was considered a funeral procession — in front of John in white as a priest, at the end George in jeans as an undertaker, and Paul himself with his eyes closed, barefoot, a cigarette in his hand, and even not walking in step with the others. A real dead man, yes.

That Beetle, which sold at auction for £2,530 in 2001, now sits in the Volkswagen Museum in Wolfsburg.

This girl in blue on the back of the record sleeve also fit into the conspiracy theory about Paul’s death and his replacement with a double. They thought that this was the same Rita who was driving the car. In fact, after finishing shooting at the crossing, McMillan began looking for a suitable location for a photo with the name of the street. And I found it at the intersection with Alexandra Road. The photo with a woman who happened to be in the frame seemed to him the best.

After extremely unsuccessful recording sessions for the planned album Get Back(later renamed to Let It Be- 1970) Paul McCartney suggested that producer George Martin get together and record an album “like in the old days,” without the quarrels and omissions that began with the work on the record The Beatles(aka White Album). Martin agreed on the condition that everything would be "as it was before", and the end result was Abbey Road. Work on it took place from February to August 1969.

The Beatles' twelfth album was originally titled Everest: one of the studio engineers, Geoff Emerick, smoked these cigarettes. The group really liked the mountains depicted on the pack.

But the name had to be changed: none of the team members wanted to go to Nepal for a photo shoot. We got out of this situation extremely simply and, as it turned out later, very successfully.

The cover was designed by Apple Records creative director John Kosh. Abbey Road is the only British Beatles album that does not include either the artist or the title on the cover. The record company EMI warned that the recording would not be sold without this information. Kosh explained that they "didn't have to put the band's name on the cover... They were the biggest band in the world."

A couple of days before the shoot, Ian was given a sketch by Paul McCartney showing how everything should look.

On a hot August 8th, around half past twelve, Ian MacMillan, a freelance photographer and friend of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, arrived at the studio building on Abbey Road. The Beatles were waiting for him on the porch.

McMillan had only 10 minutes to take the desired photograph. Especially for this purpose, the police blocked off the area of ​​the already busy Abbey Road. Using a Hasselblad camera with a 50mm wide angle lens, with an aperture of f22 at 1/500 of a second, Ian took the first 3 photos while standing on a stepladder.

Afterwards we had to stop and let some of the cars pass and only then finish filming the remaining 3.

Paul holds the flip-flops when they return, but leaves them on the sidewalk for the rest of the photo shoot.

McCartney examined all the photographs with a magnifying glass before deciding which one would go on the cover. The choice settled on the fifth photo, in which the group crosses the street from left to right, Lennon leading the procession, followed by Starr, McCartney and Harrison. McCartney walks barefoot and out of step with others. Alan Flanagan, Steve Millwood and Derek Seagrove were also there: they were decorating the studio and returning from lunch. They can be found in the distance to the left of the frame.

The white Volkswagen Beetle parked on the left belonged to one of the residents. apartment building opposite the studio. After the album's release, the license plate (LMW 281F) was stolen several times. In 1986, the car was sold at a Sotheby's auction to an American billionaire for £2,530; in 2001, it was exhibited in a German museum.

The man standing on the sidewalk to the right of the crossing is believed to be Paul Cole, an American tourist. He was tired of going to museums: he simply decided to stand and see what was happening around him while his wife examined the museum exhibits. Paul started talking to the policeman sitting in the car. While they were talking, the tourist noticed that several people had gathered at the pedestrian crossing and four of them began to walk back and forth along the zebra crossing: “Some eccentrics!”  Who walks around London barefoot?” Paul Cole noticed himself on the album cover only a few years later.

Shortly before the album's release Abbey Road The American newspaper Rat Subterranean News published an article which claimed that Paul McCartney died in a car accident in 1966 and that the current "Paul" was actually William Campbell. And the picture became new “proof” of the conspiracy theory. The license plate on the Volkswagen LMW 281F that was in the photo was read as “Paul would be 28 years old if he were alive” (no matter that Paul turned 27 in 1969). And the whole composition personifies a funeral procession — in front is John in white as a priest, at the end George in all denim as an undertaker, and Paul himself with his eyes closed, barefoot, a cigarette in his hand (the expression “a cigarette is the nail from the coffin”), and even walking out of step with the others.

McCartney always denied these hints, saying that it was nonsense: “We wore ordinary clothes. I was barefoot because it was hot. And Volkswagen just happened to be there.” In 1993, Paul released a live album Paul Is Live, the cover of which parodied and Abbey Road, and the “evidence” of her own death “found” on it.

The image of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road has become one of the most famous and copied in history. For example, Red Hot Chili Peppers used it as a cover image Abbey Road EP.

In 2010, the crossing was given category II status for its "cultural and historical significance"; Abbey Road Studios had received similar status a few months earlier. There is a special website on which the famous transition has been broadcast in real time since 2011.

Almost 43 years ago the Beatles crossed a zebra crossing in north London. The famous Abbey Road photo shoot began at 11:30 am on August 8, 1969 and lasted just 10 minutes.

To immortalize the Beatles' trip to the recording studio, photographer Ian MacMillan ( Iain Macmillan) it took only 6 frames. The rest of the photos were taken by Mal Evans and Linda McCartney...

Photographer Ian MacMillan had ten minutes to take a photo: this section of the street was specially blocked by the police, since even in those days Abbey Road was one of the busiest in London. McMillan filmed the group from the stairs and took six photographs, one of which ended up on the cover.

Ian received this sketch from Paul McCartney a few days before filming. The sketch shows where to shoot and what the photo should look like. Ian added his sketch in the top right corner to confirm the layout.

Let's see in what order Ian MacMillan took the pictures:

Photo 1 – The Beatles begin their session crossing the road from Abbey Road Studios. Paul McCartney is still wearing sandals. The VW Beetle is present for the rest of the session, but the police van is not yet visible.

Photo 2 – Paul continues to walk in his flip-flops, but by the next shot he has left them on the sidewalk.

Photo 3 – A queue of cars and a bus appears. Paul is already walking barefoot.

Photo 4 – Another bus waits for the Beatles to cross the road.

Photo 5 – The familiar, famous cover photo of them walking in step. A police van appeared. This photograph has been edited for use on the cover. The original photograph has not been published.

In 2011, the album cover was ranked 26th on the list of the best album covers of all time, according to readers of the online publication. Music Radar

This is the same photo as above, but with a slightly different tint. Remastered version of the photograph in 2009.

Photo 6. Last shot sessions. Another bus is visible in the distance.

During his lifetime, MacMillan said in an interview: "I took several photographs of The Beatles crossing the street in one direction. Then we let the cars pass and went the other way - I took several more photographs. Ultimately I chose the fifth photograph from "It was the only shot where all four of them had their legs in an inverted V shape, which is what I was going for."

The Volkswagen Beetle with license plate LMW281F, located not far from the crossing, belonged to a resident of one of the neighboring houses. After the release of the album, the plate with the number was stolen several times. In 1986, the car was sold at Sotheby's to an American collector for 2,530 British pounds.

The white suit of The Beatles leader John Lennon was sold at auction at the Braswell Galleries auction house in the United States for $46,000. It was in these clothes that the legendary musician was depicted on the cover of the Abbey Road album.

The white suit Lennon was photographed wearing crossing a zebra crossing outside a recording studio on Abbey Road in London was custom-made in 1969 by Russian-born French designer Edmond (Ted) Lapidus.

A random onlooker (Paul Cole, a resident of Florida), who was caught on camera while on vacation in London, became widely known. He later said that at that time the musicians seemed to him like crazy people.

Paul Cole himself noticed himself on the album cover only a year later, and he had to convince his relatives that it was him and not someone else.

In a 2004 interview with the Scripps newspaper, Mr. Cole said amazing story…

In the 1960s, Paul Cole ran a small store in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Worked a lot, rested little. In 1969, his wife persuaded him to take a vacation and rush to London for a week. Paul agreed.

While in London, his wife dragged him to numerous museums and exhibitions, which quickly bored Paul. Refusing to enter another museum, he told his wife: “Darling, we have already visited ten museums! If you want to enter the eleventh, then without me.” His wife granted his wish and left him to cool off on the street. Paul found shade by turning into Abbey Road, which was lined with trees on both sides.

And this is a dramatization - 'Abbey Road' from the perspective of Paul Cole

Twenty meters away from him, four guys kept crossing from one side of the street to the other. This process was filmed by a photographer who periodically ran out into the middle of the street with a stepladder. “These Englishmen are eccentrics!”, Paul thought to himself. Being a person far from popular music, he absolutely did not recognize these guys as George Harrison, Paula McCartney, Ringo Starr And John Lennon.

As you know, the photographer took several photographs for the cover 'Abbey Road' to choose one of them. So Paul Cole is present in all the photographs.

Only a year later, in 1970, Paul noticed a record with that very photograph on the shelves of music stores. Paul bought it and brought it home to show his wife and children. “Get a magnifying glass, kids, and find your father!”,” he grinned.

Over the years, he has silently shared fame with the Fab Four, appearing with them on magazine covers, T-shirts, posters, mugs, pins, postage stamps and other merchandise.

Paul Cole died in 2008 in Florida, just shy of 96 years old. In 1969, he, without knowing it, proved the efficiency of the phrase "At the right time, in the right place".

Since then, the new album cover has become a legend for two reasons - no cover has been the subject of so many imitations like this one, and no cover has spawned so many conspiracy legends like this one.

For crazy fans with fevered imaginations, this was exceptional proof of the delusional legend of the time - that Paul McCartney was really dead.

According to this legend, Paul died in a car accident and was replaced by a double. The band, legend has it, felt guilty of this deception and placed hidden symbols on the album cover for their fans.

So even today, despite Sir Paul's apparent health, they continue to insist that if you look closely at the images on the front and back covers, you will find symbols of death hidden there.

There is no doubt that this album meant only one death. The public of that time did not yet know that the Beatles were in the final stages of collapse, and this was their last album.

Relations between the band members deteriorated so much that they abandoned the original album title Everest and the Himalayan photography shoot, and instead filmed outside the studio - the only thing they mutually agreed to do.

Hardcore fans, however, could read much more from the photos.

1.FUNERAL

The Beatles' procession crossing the zebra crossing signifies Paul's funeral. John Lennon walks ahead in a white suit and symbolizes the priest.

Ringo Star is a mourner dressed in black. George Harrison, in a scruffy shirt and jeans, represents the gravedigger. Paul is wearing an old suit and is the only one walking barefoot.

He later explained that he started filming wearing sandals, but later took them off because it was a very hot day. Followers of the legend say that if this is true, then walking on hot asphalt is uncomfortable, and this once again confirms that Pol is a corpse.

2. CIGARETTE

Paul is left-handed, but here he is holding a cigarette in his right hand. They usually say about cigarettes that they are “nails in the coffin.” Thus, this is a sign that Paul's "coffin lid" is nailed shut, and the man in the photo is his double.

Paul is also out of step with the rest of the group. Everyone has their left foot in front, but Paul has his right, which again confirms that he is different from the others.

3.REGISTRATION NUMBER

The white Volkswagen Beetle in the background has registration number LMW 28IF. Conspiracy theorists say this means Paul would have been 28 years old IF he hadn't died.

Paul was actually 27 years old when Abbey Road was released, but fortunately for conspiracy theorists, Indian mystics calculate a person's age from conception, not birth, so in this case Paul would actually be 28 years old.

This is supported by the fact that the musicians were famous followers of the Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. LMW is also believed to stand for "Linda McCartney Weeps" - referring to Paul's wife, whom he married earlier this year.

4. SPECTATORS

In the background, a small group of people dressed in white stands on one side of the street, while a lone man stands on the other side.

Does this mean that Paul is alone and separate from the others?

5. POLICE MINIBUS

There is a black police van on the right side of the street, a reference to the police remaining silent about "Paul's death".

According to legend, the band's manager Brian Epstein bought this silence, and the presence of the police "Bobby" in the photo is another "thank you."

6. MACHINE LINE

You can draw a line from the Volkswagen Beetle to the three cars in front of it. If it was passed through their right tires, it would just touch Paul's head, which theorists say would mean Paul suffered a head injury in a car accident.

7.BLOODSTAIN

You can see a stain on the Australian version of the album. It can be seen as a bloody stain on the road, it is located between Ringo and John, indirectly confirming the version of a car accident.

Linda McCartney and Mal Evans were present throughout the entire session and took many photographs. Many of them have not yet been published due to legal proceedings. But some of them are available.

Before the shooting, while waiting for the police, and during the rehearsal, several photographs were taken:

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