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Artist News
Beatles portraits by Ringo Starr go on display at The National Gallery
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 10 September 2015
A collection of photographs of The Beatles taken by Ringo Starr have gone on display at the National Gallery in London. The pictures will all feature in a new book by the drummer, titled ‘Photograph By Ringo Starr’.
Says Starr: “These are shots that no one else could have taken. Together they chart the story of four lads from Liverpool trying to live normal lives amidst the frenzy that surrounded them. I have always loved taking photos. All the Beatles had cameras – I think we bought a whole load on our first tour of Japan – but I’d been snapping away for a while before that”.
He goes on: “We always had a real photographer around us, like Dezo Hoffman and Bob Freeman, who took a lot of photos of The Beatles for our album covers. But I took pictures of them photographing us – and I had a unique perspective of that incredible period of our lives. I hope you’ll enjoy a few unique Beatles memories with me”.
‘Photograph By Ringo Starr’ is due to be published on 21 Sep, though will be available ahead of publication at the gallery. A limited number of prints of 20 of the portraits are also available for sale at £1900 each. Though if I was going to spend that kind of money, I think I’d go for some of Starr’s Microsoft Paint artwork.
