The Beatles Bible - Topic: Photo LA and the Beatles

parlance on Photo LA and the Beatles

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:20:43 +0000

In a word: film. A professional like Eppridge would have known which brand/type would work best for his working conditions, and would have been carrying several cameras loaded with a variety of black + white and color films for different lighting situations.

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Gerell on Photo LA and the Beatles

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:14:07 +0000

The qualities of the pictures are superb! I don't know how these people manage to capture this quality especially 40 years ago.

LongHairedLady on Photo LA and the Beatles

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:58:42 +0000

Your welcome! Yeah he does look kinda peeved now I that I look.

parlance on Photo LA and the Beatles

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:37:09 +0000

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. Eppridge was just lovely.

And thank you for the source of that pic! That answered an additional question for me because prior to this, I'd only seen a story from the Leicester Arts Festival press event, and only one B+W pic. Awesome.

And as for that story, I have a book called The Beatles Files that has a more or less comprehensive account (plus the B+W pic) of how Paul got roped into it. A student badgered Paul until he finally gave in to appearing at the students' press conference. But once there, Paul declared that ...

LongHairedLady on Photo LA and the Beatles

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:52:25 +0000

Hi, thanks for sharing! So cool that you had that experience!

If my source is correct, which I'm quite sure it is, then the picture of Paul is from a press conference in 1968 at the Royal Garden Hotel in London to publicize the Leicester Arts Festival. Hope that helps!

parlance on Photo LA and the Beatles

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:52:24 +0000

I have been going to Photo LA, a photography exposition, this weekend. And I want to share my Beatley moments. My own photos below were taken with a cell phone, so apologies in advance for poor resolution.

First, I found a booth for Über Archives, which is exhibiting photos by Alec Byrne, who photographed many legendary musicians during the 60s and 70s, including the Beatles. I was particularly happy to see this photo of Paul I haven't seen before: