It’s not exactly the National Portrait Gallery in London. Or the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Or even the Portland Art Museum. But at long last, after a two-year wait, Los Angeles has finally found a home for Paul McCartney’s historic snapshots from the Beatles’ first American invasion.
McCartney’s photos — candid, wide-eyed, sometimes a bit blurry — are now on view at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills through June 21. And unlike at those earlier, fancier stops, in L.A., the prints have price tags. You can actually buy one.
But first, for those unfamiliar with McCartney’s globe-trotting photo exhibit, a little backstory.
In late 1963, just before the Beatles boarded Pan Am Flight 101 to tape their world-shaking Ed Sullivan Show debut, McCartney got himself a new camera — a sexy little 35mm Pentax Slr. He took it everywhere and photographed just about everything: the mop tops goofing around on the plane,…
