article_snippet: The photographs were taken by Kishin Shinoyama, who has now written about The photographs in a book by him and Yoko Ono, published by Taschen Books in multiple international editions.
article_snippet: Woman: John confided to the photographer who shot these pictures that John had been obsessed with alcohol, women and drugs until Yoko came into into John life .
article_snippet: John couldn't go out anywhere while John was in the UK because of John fame,' writes Yoko. '
article_snippet: John and Yoko had made international news in 1969 with John and Yoko Vietnam War protest, the Bed-In in Amsterdam and Montreal.
article_snippet: The Double Fantasy album was going to be John's comeback at age forty, reflecting John personal growth in music and self that John attributed to Yoko, now 82, the first woman who told John that John previous lifestyle of wantonly pursuing women, alcohol and drugs was meaningless.
article_snippet: Yoko introduces the collection of photos in the book. '
article_snippet: John explained to John that without Yoko, John wouldn't be there now -  that the first part of John life John had been obsessed with alcohol and women and drugs, and that Yoko had been the first woman to tell John that what John was obsessed with was meaningless. '
highlights_snippet: Before John was murdered in 1980, John days with Yoko were captured on camera by noted photographer Kishin Shinoyama .
  
highlights_snippet: John had been obsessed with alcohol, women and drugs, John told the photographer, until Yoko came into into John life .
  