Paul McCartney

Photo taken by Richard Avedon in the Photographic studio at Thompson House, London, 1967

Friday, August 11, 1967

On this day, the Beatles were photographed by Richard Avedon in a photo studio located in a penthouse in Thompson House, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London. The American photographer took many shots of the band. Four of them were used to produce four psychedelic images, first released in the US magazine Look in January 1968 and in the UK Daily Express in February 1968.

Those psychedelic photos would later be used in the packaging of the 2000 compilation album “1”.

Richard Avedon had previously shot photos of Paul McCartney and Ringo in January 1965 in the same photo studio in Thompson House.

The Beatles would meet again in the same photo studio in August 1968 during their “Mad Day Out” photo session.

This is number 3 of a limited print of 25.