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George Harrison's Beatles-era photos to
be released in new book
[July 11, 2025]
By HILLEL ITALIE
NEW YORK
(AP) — A book of Beatles -era photographs taken by George Harrison, many
of them never published, will be released next year.
Random House announced Thursday that “The Third Eye,” which includes
more than 250 black and white and color images, is scheduled for Fall
2026. Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, compiled and curated the book,
which covers the years 1963-69 and includes photos of the Beatles
everywhere from their native Liverpool to India to Shea Stadium. |
George Harrison performs at a concert in London on April 6, 1992. (AP
Photo/Max Nash, File) |
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“I
want to show people, from George’s unique photographic
perspective during the Beatles’ early years, the moments when
the whole of your life is ahead of you with unknowable
possibilities," Olivia Harrison said of her late husband, who
died in 2001, in a statement released by Random House.
"His images in ‘The Third Eye’ capture that spirit.”
The Harrison book features essays by Olivia Harrison and by two
celebrated literary authors: Irish novelist Colm Tóibín (a
former chancellor of the University of Liverpool) wrote the
introduction, and American short story writer George Saunders
contributed an epilogue. “The Third Eye” also includes George
Harrison's words alongside his pictures.
Fellow Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr also have released
photo books. Starr's “Photograph,” also the title of a hit song
written by Starr and Harrison, came out in 2015. In 2023,
McCartney published “1964: Eyes of the Storm.”
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