Photography by astrid Kihel

Kirchherr became a freelance photographer on 1964. During the filming of A Hard Day's Night, she and her colleague max scheler took a "behind-the-scenes" photo of The Beatles for the German magazine Stern. Epstein forbids taking any public photos without his consent, but Kirchherr calls Harrison and he says he can arrange it, but he also says that unless they pay you. )

Stern Magazine called Bill Harry's Mersey Beat and asked him if he could provide photos of all the orchestras in Liverpool. Harry suggested Kirchner to be a photographer (but Kirchner later said that she advertised in the Liverpool Echo). Kilhill and Scheler said that every member of any band who asked them to take pictures in front of St George's Hall would get a pound. More than 200 bands came to take pictures that day, and Kirchherr and Scheler quickly ran out of money. It was not until 1995 that Kirchherr published these photos. In a book called Days of Liverpool, this is a limited edition black and white photo album. 1999 published a handbook entitled "Days in Hamburg" (two volumes limited edition), which included a series of photos taken by Kirchherr and Voormann's memory paintings. These paintings are places and scenes that Voormann can clearly remember, but Kirchherr never took them away or lost them.

Kirchherr described how unacceptable a female photographer was in the 1960s: "Every newspaper and magazine wants me to take another photo of the Beatles, or want my old things, even if they are no longer the focus, regardless of their quality. They don't want to see my other works. A female photographer was hard to be accepted by people in the 1960s, and finally I gave up. After 1967, I rarely took pictures. " When We Are Fab (Genesis Press, 2007) will be her last photo album. She said, "I decided it was time to write a book that I could devote myself to. It should include my favorite pictures, printed in the way I expect, even words and designs ... This book is myself, which is why it is the last one, the real last one. "

Kilhill also respects other photographers, such as annie leibovitz (because of the humor in her works), irving penn, Richard Avedon (Richard Iveden), Jim Lackett and Reinhard Wolff, as well as French filmmakers Frey Keus Truffaut (Fran?ois Truffaut) and jean cocteau (Jean Cocqueteaux). Kirchherr said that her favorite photos were taken for Sutcliffe in the Baltic Sea and for Harrison and Lennon in her attic at 45a Eimsbütteler Street. She disagrees with digital photography and thinks that photographers should focus on the art of photography, not scientific and technological achievements, although she admits that she knows nothing about computers and is afraid of the Internet. Kirchherr admits that she is not good at business because she is not organized enough. She never takes good care of negatives to confirm her ownership. His business partner Ulf Krüger (composer and record producer) has successfully discovered many negatives and photos of astrid and obtained their copyrights. He thinks that astrid has lost 500,000 pounds over the years because people used her photos without her consent. In July, 200 1, Kirchherr went to Liverpool and opened his own exhibition at Matthew Street Art Museum, which is not far from the old site of Cavern Bar (1973, where the Beatles premiered and closed). During the bank holiday in August, she appeared as a guest at the local Beatles Week. Kirkhull's works have been exhibited all over the world.