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Hamburg-born Astrid Kirchherr met the Beatles in 1960, before they were famous, when they came to perform in Germany. An art student in Hamburg, she took some of the earliest photographs of the group. And she's often been credited with convincing the band to adopt those iconic mop-tops.
Kirchherr was engaged to Stuart Sutcliffe, the Beatles' original bassist, before he died of a brain hemorrhage in 1962. She remained close to the band, however, and shot behind-the-scenes photographs on the film A Hard Day's Night.