A new collection ofGeorge Harrison’s earlyBeatlesphotographs is set to be published later this year, including a never-before-released song.
The Third Eye: Early Photographswill be released on October 8 via Ebury Spotlight, collecting more than 200 never-before-collected photographs taken by Harrison between 1963 and 1969.
Many of the images will be published for the firsttime, andwill include Harrison’s personal photos and8mmfilm stills from The Beatles’ rise to global fame, from their first trip to the US to their timesin Paris, Australia, Miami, Rishikesh and Tahiti.
The collection has been compiled and curated by Olivia Harrison, the late Beatle’s widow, and will also feature an introduction by author Colm Tóibín and an afterword by Booker Prize-winning novelist George Saunders.
In an essayaccompanyingthe collection, Olivia Harrison said: “I want to show people, fromGeorge’s unique photographic perspective during the Beatles’ early years, that moment when the whole of your life is ahead of you with unknowable possibilities.”
She added that the images inThe Third Eyecapture “that spirit that George’s life possessed”.
Alongside the standard hardback edition, a limited number of deluxe editions will also be available, featuring a cloth-bound, foil-stamped book housed in a specially designed case. The edition will also include a seven-inch vinyl of a never-before-released song recorded byGeorge Harrison, four photo prints and signed, numbered cards from Olivia Harrison.
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The announcement comes as renewed attention continues to surround The Beatles, withSam Mendes currently working on his ambitious four-part biopic projectThe Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.
The films, which are due to arrive in April 2028, will tell the story of the band from the perspective of each member. Joseph Quinn will play Harrison, withPaul MescalasPaul McCartney, Harris Dickinson asJohn LennonandBarry KeoghanasRingo Starr.
The supporting cast alsoincludes Aimee Lou Wood as Harrison’s first wife Pattie Boyd, Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono and Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Starkey. No casting has yet been confirmed for Olivia Harrison, who metGeorge in the 1970s and married him in 1978.
Boyd recently said that no one attached to the upcoming biopics had reached out to her, despite Wood being cast to portray her. “I could have really told them great stories,” she said.
McCartney, meanwhile,recently hailed Mescal as “very cute” ahead of thefilms, while joking that the actor “might do a good job” playing him.
Elsewhere, fans recently marked the first official Global Beatles Dayon June 25, whilelong-lost footage of the band’s 1964TopOfThePopsperformance was foundafter more than 60 years.
A new official fan destination, ‘The BeatlesAt3 Savile Row’, is also set to open in London in 2027 at the band’s former Apple Corps headquarters, where they played their final public performance on the rooftop in 1969.