“The few photographs Pattie has exhibited of Rishikesh
represent documentary photography at its finest,” Dr. Michael DeMarsche, an art
consultant who is handling all enquiries into the purchase of the portfolio,
told Best Classic Bands. “Last summer, I asked Pattie if she had taken any
additional photographs of the Beatles in Rishikesh. I was shocked when she
showed me so many. None of them had been exhibited. We felt they needed to be
seen together and decided to compile a portfolio. This makes it far easier and
affordable for private collectors and museums to purchase and exhibit them.”
Boyd and Harrison arrived in Rishikesh on Feb. 15, 1968,
accompanied by her sister, Jenny, and John and Cynthia Lennon. Paul McCartney
and his then-girlfriend, Jane Asher, arrived with Ringo and Maureen Starr on
Feb. 19.
When she photographed the Beatles at the Maharishi’s
secluded compound, Boyd’s intimate relationship with the group allowed her to
move around freely and unobtrusively. Her presence with a camera was hardly
noticed by the Beatles and their entourage of wives and close friends. The
result is a body of photographs that provide a unique and penetrating gaze into
the daily life of the Beatles while living in the Maharishi’s camp.
“You have to understand that the Maharishi vigilantly
guarded the Beatles’ privacy,” said DeMarsche. “The international press was
rarely allowed in the compound. The photographs of George, John and Cynthia
Lennon with the Maharishi were taken during private lectures, which he seldom
granted. Who else but Pattie Boyd could have taken photographs during these
extraordinarily intimate moments? Pattie’s photographs are the only ones I know
that provide such a candid view of the Beatles’ private world in Rishikesh.
There is nothing like them. There are so many unguarded moments in these
photographs. They contain the kind of insights that only a true Beatles insider
could have revealed.” There was also music. The output of songs written by the
Beatles while there was prolific. A number of them surfaced on Abbey Road in
1969. But the majority of Rishikesh songs formed the heart of the album
recorded when they returned, acknowledged to be one of their most experimental,
The Beatles – commonly referred to as The White Album.
Photograph measures 16" x 20 sheet.
Hand signed Pattie Boyd.
Bears the blindstamp for Pattie Boyd Collection.
Edition 6/50.
Matted size 20 3/4" x 24 1/2".
Hinge mounted.
Excellent condition.
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