A tweet by iA’s Oliver Reichenstein points to this spectacular photo taken from above in a Beatles concert on June the 20th, 1965 in Paris.
By the time Oliver posted the picture, the photographer was unknown to him and he was trying to find the author along with a higher resolution version of the photo.
A commentor posted a link to a website to Oliver’s original post where the author identifies himself as Michel Le Tac, at the time a young assistant photographer working for the Marie Claire group.
Here’s what Michel Le Tac says about the picture:
hello, I am the guy who took the picture, my name is michel le tac , and I live in Brittany, where I am retired . I have took this picture while I was running in the top of the olympia theater , to escape from the security mens, because I have a fake press card . I was just an photograph assistant for the marie claire’s press group, if I do remenber well…
You can find more information on the unearthing of this rare picture on the Glorious Noise blog