"I started working with Queen towards the end of 1976 and had more fun with those guys than any band I'd ever been with before. I also loved photographing them. This photo is one of the first pictures I took on a trip with Queen in 1977. It was somewhere on the East Coast and you can't go wrong photographing Freddie Mercury.

He was so great to photograph and so talented. I was allowed to go wherever I wanted and do anything. It was heaven on earth and some of the best photos I have ever taken in my life. The whole thing at the beginning of a concert, probably within the first 10 seconds of the show." - NEAL

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The Story behind the Picture – by  Neal Preston

 

 



Queen - The Neal Preston Photographs

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This official book, produced in collaboration with the band, contains over 200 images and is an exciting journey through their years on the road together. It's the first time Preston and Queen have brought this work together in one volume: behind-the-scenes insights, live performances, post-performance highs and lows, and outtakes — many of which have never been seen before — are accompanied by memories and anecdotes from Preston with forewords from Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. The pages vibrate with a palpable energy.