A young Mick Jagger poses for a portrait in 1965. The photo, which shows Jagger behind his own silhouette, is the cover of Bent Rej’s new photo book “Musik.”
A young Mick Jagger poses for a portrait in 1965. The photo, which shows Jagger behind his own silhouette, is the cover of Bent Rej’s new photo book “Musik.”
It was June 1964, at the height of Beatlemania.
The English rock band was launching its first world tour — a pivotal moment in music history — and young photographer Bent Rej was there to capture the hysteria.
Rej started at the Copenhagen Airport in Denmark, where the band was welcomed by hundreds of teenage fans. He attended both of the band’s concerts that night at the K.B. Hallen arena. But one of his most memorable Beatles photos came after the shows, as the band was being rushed away from the arena to its hotel.
As the Fab Four entered a limousine — well, Fab Three as drummer Ringo Starr was out sick — Rej was waiting nearby.
He reached his camera through the window of the front door and snapped the shu
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