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In early 1964, photographer **Harry Benson** received a call from the photo editor of London’s *Daily Express*, who asked him to cover the Beatles’ trip to Paris. It was the beginning of a **career-defining relationship**, which would both make Benson’s name and produce some of the **most intimate photographs ever taken of the Beatles**. In Paris, Benson captured the Fab Four in the midst of a **pillow fight at the George V Hotel**, a spontaneous moment which came to epitomize the spirit of the band—Benson himself has called it the **best shot of his career**. Later that year, he followed the group on the road for their **debut U.S. tour**, documenting their appearance on *The Ed Sullivan Show*, their surprising encounter with Cassius Clay, and the hysteria of **New York Beatlemania**. Benson also photographed **George Harrison’s honeymoon in Barbados**, documented the Beatles on the set of their debut movie *A Hard Day’s Night*, and was present on the now infamous 1966 tour when John Lennon said that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.” **Previously out-of-print**, this re-edition brings back the best of Benson’s luminous black-and-white Beatles portfolio. Complemented by quotes and newspaper clippings from the period, an introduction by the photographer himself **adds exciting personal testimony to these iconic images of the greatest band in musical history**.