In 1980, German photographer Lilo Raymond captured John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their daily stroll through the streets of Manhattan. It wasn’t a studio shoot or a special event, they were simply two people walking through their city, completely unaware of what was to come.
Those images show the couple in their simplest routine, far removed from the global icon Lennon had become after The Beatles’ breakup. At that time, John was enjoying a period of relative family calm, devoted to his son Sean and preparing his return to music with the album Double Fantasy, which would be released just weeks later.
Exactly 100 days later, on December 8, 1980, Lennon would be murdered outside the Dakota building, his home in Manhattan.