Harry Goodwin, 89, has died after a period of illness.
His iconic images included those of The Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix and my personal favourite The Rolling Stones.
Manchester born Harry, became an air force photographer with the RAF during the Second World War but his work was spotted by the BBC and he was asked to take photographs for the Radio Times on the Harry Worth show.
Famously he snapped The Beatles at their Manchester Apollo show, it was this that earned him his big break by joining Top Of The Pops over on Dickenson Road in 1964.
The exhibition of his work, titled My Generation: The Glory Years of British Rock: Photographs from Top Of The Pops 1964-1973 by Harry Goodwin, ended at the Lowry only last week which attracted over 100,000 visitors.
Mike McCartney, from The Scaffold said:
"He was an amazing character and had an incredible knack of putting big stars at ease, which helped him produce really memorable images.''
This afternoon Tim Burgess, the lead singer of The Charlatans, tweeted:
"Sad to hear of the death of Harry Goodwin - a true unsung hero of music photography."
He's one cool cat who's given us so many iconic images that Harry Goodwin will never really die...
R.I.P 1924-2013
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