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Paul McCartney Photographs 1963鈥�1964: Eyes of the Storm
Organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London, this exhibition presents selections from an extraordinary archive of recently discovered photographs taken by Paul McCartney between December 1963 and February 1964. Over the course of these three short months, The Beatles鈥擯aul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr鈥攚ere propelled from being the most popular band in Britain to an unprecedented international cultural phenomenon.
The photographs in this exhibition, taken by McCartney with his own camera, provide a uniquely personal perspective on what it was like to be a Beatle at the start of Beatlemania鈥攆rom gigs in Liverpool and London to performing on the Ed Sullivan show in New York for a then-unparalleled television audience of 73 million people.
Drawn from McCartney鈥檚 personal archive, the majority of these images have never been seen before this international tour. They allow us to experience The Beatles鈥� extraordinarily rapid rise from a successful regional band to global stardom through McCartney鈥檚 eyes. At a time when so many camera lenses were on them, this perspective鈥攆rom the inside鈥攂rings fresh insight to the band, their experiences, the fans, and the early 1960s.
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Organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London, this exhibition presents selections from an extraordinary archive of recently discovered photographs taken by Paul McCartney between December 1963 and February 1964. Over the course of these three short months, The Beatles鈥擯aul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr鈥攚ere propelled from being the most popular band in Britain to an unprecedented international cultural phenomenon.
The photographs in this exhibition, taken by McCartney with his own camera, provide a uniquely personal perspective on what it was like to be a Beatle at the start of Beatlemania鈥攆rom gigs in Liverpool and London to performing on the Ed Sullivan show in New York for a then-unparalleled television audience of 73 million people.
Drawn from McCartney鈥檚 personal archive, the majority of these images have never been seen before this international tour. They allow us to experience The Beatles鈥� extraordinarily rapid rise from a successful regional band to global stardom through McCartney鈥檚 eyes. At a time when so many camera lenses were on them, this perspective鈥攆rom the inside鈥攂rings fresh insight to the band, their experiences, the fans, and the early 1960s.
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The Frist Art Museum presents Paul McCartney Photographs 1963鈥�64: Eyes of the Storm, an unprecedented look at the extraordinary archive of recently discovered photographs made by Paul McCartney at the start of Beatlemania.
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