Astrid Kirchherr

Astrid Kirchherr
Kirchherr in 2010
Born	(1938-05-20)20 May 1938 Hamburg, Germany
Died	12 May 2020(2020-05-12) (aged 81) Hamburg, Germany
Occupation(s)	Photographer, artist
Years active	1959−2020
Spouse(s)	Engaged to Stuart Sutcliffe, and twice divorced

Astrid Kirchherr ([ˈastʁɪt ˈkɪʁçhɛʁ]; 20 May 1938 – 12 May 2020) was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann and Jürgen Vollmer) and her photographs of the band's original members – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best – during their early days in Hamburg.

Kirchherr met artist Stuart Sutcliffe in the Kaiserkeller bar in Hamburg in 1960, where Sutcliffe was playing bass with the Beatles, and was later engaged to him, before his death in 1962. Although Kirchherr shot very few photographs after 1967, her early work has been exhibited in Hamburg, Bremen, London, Liverpool, New York City, Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Vienna, and at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. She published three limited-edition books of photographs.