An exhibition of Beatlemania-era photos taken by Paul McCartney goes on display in London this August.
Rearview Mirror: Liverpool–London–Paris — running from 28 August-4 October 2025 at Gagosian's Davies Street gallery in Mayfair — shows the Fab Four's snowballing fame and fortune through the lens of McCartney's 35mm Pentax camera.
The candid pictures were taken by McCartney between late 1963 (when he acquired the camera) and early 1964 — at a time when the Beatles' reputation was really blowing up. Images show the band being snapped by photographers in Paris, and their appearance on the BBC's Juke Box Jury, which pulled in a record 23 million viewers. There are also shots of them backstage at some of their earliest gigs, including at the Lewisham Odeon.
One stand-out snap at the free-to-visit exhibition is a self-portrait showing McCartney reflected in the mirror of his attic room in the London family home of his then-girlfriend, Jane Asher. It's the place where he dreamed the melody for Yesterday.
This isn't the first time McCartney's photos have gone on display: in 2023, his Eyes of the Storm exhibition was hosted at London's National Portrait Gallery, to much acclaim.
Not content with being an avid photographer, and one of the greatest musicians of all time, McCartney was also something a pioneer of the video game, starring in 1985's Give My Regards to Broad Street, in which players zoomed around a geographically accurate London, finding various bandmates.
Rearview Mirror: Liverpool–London–Paris, Gagosian Davies Street, 28 August-4 October 2025, free
