Pattie Boyd Signed 1st My Life In Pictures George Harrison & Eric Clapton photos

A signed 1st edition of this lovely photographic life and career restrospective from English model, actress and photographer Pattie Boyd b. 1944, one of the biggest name international models of the 1960's, and married to George Harrison and then his friend Eric Clapton. She was the inspiration for several Beatles songs written by George (including' Something'), inspired Eric's magnificient' Layla' in his Derek and The Dominoes phase - whilst she was still happily married to George - and then Eric's' Wonderful Tonight' after their relationship started. Her younger sister Jenny was also a successful model, who inspired Donovan's huge hit' Jennifer Juniper' and was then twice-married to Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood. Pattie Boyd : My LIfe In Pictures' published by Reel Art Press in London on 18 October 2022, 1st edition/1st printing, large modern hardback, quarto size (10.75in x 9in), 240 pages, 100's of colour and b&w photographs throughout, captions and quotes at various stages within are the only elements of text. Flat hand signed by Pattie Boyd to a special bookplate which has been affixed to the half-title page. In As New unread condition in as As New dustjacket. Also comes with a b&w'thank you' card photograph (8.25in x 5.75in) of the author holding a copy of the book.

A heavy volume which weighs 1.5kg before being securely packed. Model, photographer, and one of the most iconic muses of the twentieth century, Pattie Boyd was at the epicentre of the London music and pop-culture scene in the 1960s & 1970s. PATTIE BOYD: MY LIFE IN PICTURES is a deluxe visual treasure trove featuring over 300 photographs and artworks, with Boyd sharing full and intimate access to her personal archive for the first time. Former wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton, Boyd is famously the inspiration for Harrison's Something and Clapton's Layla and Wonderful Tonight.

Boyd's love of photography developed around the time of her marriage to Harrison. She documented their life together, and later her second marriage to Clapton, capturing a vast archive of images not just as part of two of the most famous marriages of all time, but also of their close friends and contemporaries, including Twiggy, David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Billy Preston and The Beatles.

Boyd's archive also includes letters from her marriages and from friends, including John and Yoko. It includes diary entries, artefacts and artworks, most famously the original Layla album cover painting by Emile Frandsen. It features extensive photographs from her early modelling career, including Vogue and Vanity Fair, giving a fascinating snapshot into the sea-change that occurred in the modelling industry from the post-war demure black and white approach to the psychedelic, short-skirt, swinging 60s and Pattie's place in the centre of this shift.

It includes portraits and photographs of Boyd taken by some of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, such as David Bailey, Eric Swayne, Terence Donovan, Robert Freeman and Robert Whitaker. The pictorial feast of imagery in MY LIFE IN PICTURES is accompanied by Boyd's stories and recollections. Multiple items - Please review my other listings to see if there are any other items which are of interest to you. I will be regularly listing items for sale, please save me as one of your favourite sellers for the future, thanks. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable".

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Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Photography
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Signed
Author: Pattie Boyd
Publisher: Reel Art Press
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Weight: 1.5kg unpacked
Year Printed: 2022