But their perfection was random chance, right down to Ringo’s “homely but cute” looks. The Stones without The Beatles are the freakin’ Yardbirds.ĭa Ignant Yoofs occasionally dismiss The Beatles as a “boy band,” because they were so perfect. Their “rebellion” only works as an alternative to The Beatles’ smoothness and perfection. This is what I’m always banging on about: The Stones only work if they come after The Beatles. If Paul McCartney had looked like Eric Burdon - or if they’d be sullen and sour like The Stones - their role in pop history would’ve been different. The Beatles’ handsomeness and charm is a huge factor in the scale of their fame. Smoking keeps you thin (until, like George, it kills you). It is going to be hot out here today… I think I will visit a studio or gallery with photography… thanks for the inspiration.Īll those people smoked like chimneys. I want to be touched, surprised… and photography does that for me…

Why are Beatles’ fans always checking sources and trying to discover the truth, about John and Paul how they did not cooperate… is it the need for truth, or the need to… I just don’t know. There is indeed no art form, there are no archival documents, not even photography that can fully capture a subject. (It is hard to imagine John obliging, in the film Imagine you can see how Lennon takes nothing serious even when he visits Bailey with Yoko…)Ģ) The other thing is ‘the truth’… The Beatles and their fans and their need for the truth… Listen, do you think this boy Avedon will do things for us? Because we’ll hire him”

“We work much harder with someone like Robert Freeman or Parkinson that with the nationals who only want a cheesy grin…. There is indeed no art form, there are no archival documents, not even photography that can fully capture a subjectĪvedon and The Beatles remind me of two issues:ġ) As early as 1963 The Beatles and Epstein had something going with photographers… In the conversation in Michael Braun’s ‘Love Me Do!’ Paul and the boys explain how they don’t care about photographers except for those who are capable and have the ability to produce something significant… they are willing to do their best for a good photographer… “There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph.

Love Me Do! by Michael Braun