Take me back to 1964... - a photo on Flickriver

Take me back to 1964...

            Back in June an exhibition opened here in London at the newly refurbished National Portrait Gallery of photographs that Paul McCartney had taken while the Beatles were on tour. There were a few images from Paris but the vast majority were from the first tour they made to America in '64, where they were mobbed everywhere they went. How good was the exhibition? Well, McCartney was not a professional photographer, he was an amateur with a Pentax Spotmatic in his hands and my own opinion is that the quality of the images reflected that fact. However, for fans of the Beatles I don't suppose that would have mattered. The fascinating thing for fans of course was to be let into the inner world of the Beatles at that amazing time in their history. 

I went there as a photographer and a fan so the exhibition and what it stood for was not lost on me. It captured a moment in time that those of a certain age would recognise, when the Beatles were at the epicentre of the pop world and when the youth of the 1960s were still in an optimistic "we can change the world" mood. Alas, by the end of the 60s that mood had very much changed but for a few years at least the Fab Four had us tapping our toes and smiling at their antics and witty quips.

This shot was taken at the entrance to the exhibition and I liked how the pensive looking woman looked against the red backdrop of the wall and the photos of the Beatles.

Taken on: June 28, 2023

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Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm

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