Henry Grossman, a photographer who was best known for his formal portraits of celebrities and public figures, and who also immortalized the Beatles in thousands of unscripted antics, died on Nov. 27 in Englewood, NY. He was 86.

Mr. Grossman produced portraits of Eleanor Roosevelt, Richard M. Nixon, Elizabeth Taylor, Martha Graham, Leontyne Price, Leonard Bernstein and Nelson Mandela. His archive of Beatles photos, includes intimate moments at home, at private parties, and during overnight recording sessions — more images of the band taken over a longer period than any other photographer. Kaleidoscope Eyes, released by Curvebender Publishing, documents the archive.

“I think I got the pictures I got because I wasn’t asking or expecting anything from them. And I wasn’t posing them.” Mr. Grossman said. “I wasn’t injecting myself into the scene as a participant. I was just watching. I got what was there.”