Richard Avendon portraits of The Beatles On Friday August 11, 1967 The Beatles attended a photoshoot at the London penthouse studio of photographer Richard Avendon. Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager, had comissioned Avendon to take portraits of the boys after the Beatles had chance meeting with the photographer at a London nightclub. The polarized images were distorted with day-glo overlays and symbols. The portraits were first published in the January 9, 1968 edition of Look, a US magazine, an