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| Paul McCartney by Richard Avedon. |
May 29, 2018, the original portrait of Paul McCartney that Richard Avedon used to create his "psychedelic" posters from, appeared online on social media. This was the first time I had ever seen the original photo. And June 22, what appears to be the original George Harrison portrait has posted.
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| George Harrison by Richard Avedon |
It looks like these originals have been published by the
Richard Avedon Foundation on various social media, including
Instagram. We are grateful for that, because it is nice to finally see these as they were before the solarisation process.
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| On the finished version, a hand was included, possibly pasted into the photo. |
The Beatles were photographed by Richard Avedon on August 11, 1967 in the photographic studio in Thompson House, 200 Gray's Inn Road, London.
Avedon, whose career spanned 60 years, died in 2004 at the age of 81 while on assignment in Texas for The New Yorker.
You can read about Avedon's Beatles portraits and posters here.
