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George Harrison Photo Book Shares 250 Images of The Beatles
A new book gathers photos George Harrison took of The Beatles during the band’s early years.
Harrison shot the images with a Pentax film camera between 1963 and 1970, as the band rose to worldwide fame.
The collection includes 250 images, from photographs to stills from 8mm film, and many have not been published before.
Harrison’s widow, Olivia, curated the photos, which include portraits of John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.
The images offer a personal view of the band’s travels, performances and private moments through the eyes of one of its members.
The book is available now and has reached number one on Amazon’s bestselling photography books chart.
A new book gathers 250 photographs of The Beatles taken by George Harrison between 1963 and 1970.
The book, titled The Third Eye: Early Photographs, includes many images being published for the first time.
The photographs show the band at work and at play, on tour, travelling and in more personal moments.
Olivia Harrison curated the images, and the book includes captions and descriptions drawn from George Harrison’s words and recollections.
Released Oct. 6, the book features a foreword by Olivia Harrison and an afterword by George Saunders.
- Who
- George Harrison took the photographs. His widow, Olivia Harrison, curated them.
- What
- The Third Eye: Early Photographs collects 250 images of The Beatles, many published for the first time.
- When
- The photographs were taken between 1963 and 1970. The book was released Oct. 6.
- Where
- The photographs include scenes from the band’s travels and tours around the world. Specific locations are not stated.
- Why
- Olivia Harrison said she wanted to show moments from the Beatles’ early years through George’s photographic perspective.
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George Harrison took the photographs featured in the book.
The Third Eye: Early Photographs was first announced.
The book was released.
- Book title
- The Third Eye: Early Photographs
- Number of images
- 250
- Photograph dates
- 1963–1970
- Curator
- Olivia Harrison
- Foreword
- Olivia Harrison
- Afterword
- George Saunders
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