{"id":9598,"global_id":"portlandartmuseum.org?id=9598","global_id_lineage":["portlandartmuseum.org?id=9598"],"author":"15","status":"publish","date":"2024-03-04 07:58:00","date_utc":"2024-03-04 15:58:00","modified":"2025-01-19 17:21:47","modified_utc":"2025-01-20 01:21:47","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/event\/paul-mccartney-photographs\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/9598","title":"Paul McCartney Photographs 1963\u201364: Eyes of the Storm","description":"

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Paul McCartney Photographs 1963\u201364: Eyes of the Storm<\/em> is an unprecedented exhibition, revealing extraordinary photographs taken by the beloved musical icon. Organized by the National Portrait Gallery in London, the exhibition will open at the Portland Art Museum on September 14, 2024, and run through January 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul McCartney, John and George. Paris, 1964<\/strong>. \u00a9 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Comprising recently rediscovered photographs from Paul McCartney\u2019s personal archive, more than 250 pictures invite visitors to intimately experience The Beatles\u2019 meteoric rise from British sensation to international stardom. At a time when so many camera lenses were turned toward them, McCartney\u2019s perspective from the inside out brings fresh insight into the band, their experiences, the fans, and the Beatlemania phenomenon. Through these photographs, along with video clips and archival material, visitors can witness the dawn of the \u201cBritish Invasion\u201d that fundamentally transformed rock and roll music and global culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul McCartney. George Harrison<\/b>. Miami Beach, February 1964 \u00a9 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Captured by McCartney during a pivotal three-month period for The Beatles in late 1963 and early 1964, the photographs evoke an affectionate family album, picturing his fellow band members, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, at a time when their lives were changing irrevocably. The exhibition gives visitors a highly personal glimpse into an extraordinary time with one of music\u2019s enduring legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition also captures McCartney\u2019s interest in the visual arts, with his photos reflecting the aesthetics and popular culture of the period. The range of work, from portraiture and landscape photos to documentary images, reveals McCartney\u2019s familiarity with the formal styles of early 1960s photography. References to New Wave, documentary filmmaking, and photojournalism can be found across the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr<\/b>. London. \u00a9 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLooking at these photos now, decades after they were taken, I find there\u2019s a sort of innocence about them,\u201d said Paul McCartney. \u201cEverything was new to us at this point. But I like to think I wouldn\u2019t take them any differently today. They now bring back so many stories, a flood of special memories, which is one of the many reasons I love them all, and know that they will always fire my imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Paul McCartney Photographs 1963\u201364: Eyes of the Storm <\/em>is curated by Paul McCartney with Sarah Brown on behalf of MPL Communications Limited and Rosie Broadley for the National Portrait Gallery, London, and organized for the Portland Art Museum by Julia Dolan, Ph.D., the Minor White Senior Curator of Photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul McCartney, Photographers in Central Park. New York, 1964<\/strong>. \u00a9 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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