Astrid Kirchherr's Photos of the Early Beatles

Astrid Kirchherr, who was famous for her photos of the early Beatles, died last week. Rolling Stone has a slide show of some of her iconic photos. 

Astrid Kirchherr, who died on May 15th at age 81, was more than just a photographer whose path crossed that of the Beatles at a crucial moment. As a friend to the band in their Hamburg years, she was rumored to have talked them into trying the mop-top haircut favored by her art-school friends. "Astrid was the one who influenced our image more than anyone else," George Harrison would later recall. "It made us look good."