article_snippet: Robert Freeman is undeniably one of the greatest lost photographers of the modern age, most famous for shooting the first five album covers for the the Beatles and the first Pirelli calendar.
article_snippet: As well as capturing five Beatles album covers and the first-ever Pirelli calendar, Robert's work also includes this grainy shot of Charlton Heston in 1962 .
article_snippet: Robert became close to the Beatles at the height of the Beatles fame, and it is this mutual intimacy that gave Robert unprecedented access to capture the Beatles lives through a series of beautifully grainy black and white photographs.
article_snippet: Speaking about Robert, Paul McCartney once said: 'Although other people were taking photos of us at the time, I think we all felt that Robert stuff somehow summed up us own feelings.
article_snippet: Robert photos were among the best ever taken of the Beatles.'
article_snippet: Freeman also worked with the Beatles in the Beatles feature film debut, A Hard Day's Night .
article_snippet: In addition to being the Beatles’
article_snippet: most favoured photographer, Robert directed television and film commercials and two feature films:
article_snippet: In addition to being the Beatles' most favoured photographer, Robert directed television and film commercials and two feature films: The Touchables and Secret World .
highlights_snippet: his son was a close friend of the Beatles and the Beatles favourite photographer .