Takenwitha35mmcamerabyPaulMcCartney,theselargelyunseenphotographscapturetheexplosiveperiod,fromtheendof1963throughearly1964,inwhichTheBeatlesbecameaninternationalsensationandchangedthecourseofmusichistory.Featuring275imagesfromthesixcities--Liverpool,London,Paris,NewYork,Washington,D.C.,andMiami--oftheselegendarymonths,1964:EyesoftheStormalsoincludes:-ApersonalforewordinwhichMcCartneyrecallsthepandemoniumofBritishconcerthalls,followedbythehysteriathatgreetedthebandonitsfirstAmericanvisit-CandidrecollectionsprecedingeachcityportfoliothatformanautobiographicalaccountoftheperiodMcCartneyremembersasthe“EyesoftheStorm,“plusacodawithsubsequenteventsin1964-“Beatleland,“anessaybyHarvardhistorianandNewYorkeressayistJillLepore,describinghowTheBeatlesbecamethefirsttrulyglobalmassculturephenomenonHandsomelydesigned,1964:EyesoftheStormcreatesanintenselydramaticrecordofTheBeatles’firsttransatlantictrip,documentingtheradicalshiftinyouthculturethatcrystallizedin1964.“Youcouldholdyourcamerauptotheworld,in1964.Butwhatmadnesswouldyoucapture,whatbeauty,whatjoy,whatfury?“--JillLepore
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