Unseen photographs taken by McCartney during early days of The Beatles unveiled | ITV News

A handful of unseen photographs taken by Sir Paul McCartney during the early days of The Beatles have been released, ahead of his National Portrait Gallery display.

The archive features more than 250 images, taken between November 1963 and February 1964, which capture the emergence of Beatlemania through the personal lens of Sir Paul’s Pentax camera.

The exhibition, titled Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes Of The Storm, will run from June 28 to October 1 and marks the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery, which has undergone three years of major refurbishments.

The photographs document a critical moment in the evolution of The Beatles, beginning with black and white portraits taken backstage in Liverpool and culminating with their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, in New York, for an audience of millions which transformed the group into global popstars.

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