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<\/a><\/p>\nPaul McCartney used a\u00a0Pentax<\/em> to document events that would unfold as his band toured, playing for frantic fans. The film he shot was stored away and forgotten until recently.<\/p>\n The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia is featuring McCartney’s 1963-1964 archives for the first time ever in America. Opened December 5, the exhibit runs through April 7.<\/p>\n There are 250 prints on display throughout several rooms.<\/p>\n Living through this era, the photographs evoked fond memories from my teens.<\/p>\n Could Paul McCartney\u00a0have become a great photojournalist? Probably, but I’m glad he chose music.<\/p>\n The spacious exhibit area leaves one in a print wonderland. Once you take in certain rooms, it’s easy returning to another.<\/p>\n I liked the mural-sized contact sheet showing Paul’s take on The Ed Sullivan Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n My favorite was a small 2-frame section made directly from a 35mm paper contact sheet. The original negatives were lost. His intimate portrait of John Lennon blew me away.<\/p>\n Most of the exhibit was richly printed in black and white.<\/p>\n A number of images were made from color transparencies.<\/p>\n Also on display are documents, including hand-written lyrics of the song that started it all.<\/p>\n To learn more about this outstanding exhibit go to:<\/p>\n Paul McCartney Photographs 1963\u201364: Eyes of the Storm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n