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from jagger , marianne faithfull , al vandenberg & brian jones left ; sitting : maharishi mahesh yogi -lrb- concertgebouw amsterdam , to 1 sept. 1967 -rrb- right : michael cooper , mick 1973 british photographs of musicians 1941 michaelcooper1967benmerk.jpg michael cooper -lrb- photographer -rrb-
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michael cooper -lrb- photographer -rrb-

michael cooper -lrb- 1941 -- 1973 -rrb- was a british photographer who is remembered for his photographs of leading rock musicians of the 1960s and early 1970s , most notably the many photos he took of the rolling stones in the mid-1960s .
his best known work is the cover photography for the 1967 lp `` sgt pepper 's lonely hearts club band '' by the beatles .
the `` welcome the rolling stones , good guys '' sweatshirt worn by the `` little girl '' figure on the far right of the photo -lrb- actually a cloth figure of shirley temple -rrb- was provided by cooper 's young son adam , the product of his marriage to rose , his muse and model .
cooper also took the 3-d cover photograph for the rolling stones 1967 lp `` their satanic majesties request '' .
in 1964 cooper met london art dealer robert fraser , through whom he was introduced to leading figures in music , art and literature , including the beatles , the rolling stones -lrb- the rock band he worked most closely with -rrb- , marianne faithfull , eric clapton , artists cecil beaton , andy warhol , peter blake and david hockney and writers william s. burroughs , jean genet , terry southern and allen ginsberg .
cooper was one of those present at keith richards ' house , `` redlands '' , in sussex , when a party being held there was raided by police in the late afternoon of 12 february 1967 , leading to drugs charges being laid against richards , mick jagger and robert fraser .
cooper loaned terry southern a copy of anthony burgess ' `` a clockwork orange '' in 1967 and they collaborated on the first film adaptation of the novel , which cooper intended to direct , with mick jagger as alex and the other members of the rolling stones as alex 's gang of droogs .
the project was eventually shelved after the screenplay was returned -lrb- unread -rrb- by britain 's lord chamberlain , with a note indicating that he would not allow the film to be made because it dealt with `` youthful incitement '' .
southern later recommended the book to his friend stanley kubrick after kubrick 's planned film on napoleon was rejected by mgm .
cooper committed suicide 1973 , caught in a spiral of depression and heroin addiction .
in a suicide note addressed to his son , adam , cooper wrote : do n't believe the court when they say that i killed myself when the balance of my mind was disturbed .
i just live in a disturbed world , and , as the old poem says , `` i hear the sound of a different drum . ''
... i come from what your generation will call the ` half and halfs ' .
a generation that made a few changes , but had to experience too many other kinds of changes they had no control over , so some of us were bound to fall by the wayside .
i 'm one of those .
a lavish book of cooper 's photographs , `` blinds and shutters '' , edited by brian roylance , was published in a limited edition in 1990 by genesis publications .
a retrospective exhibition of his photography with the same title was held at the atlas gallery , london in september -- october 2003 .
cooper 's photographs also feature in the book `` michael cooper : you are here -- the london sixties '' , edited by robin muir , and in the book `` the early stones '' , edited by perry richardson .
