Unseen McCartney photos from Beatles’ early days unveiled ahead of gallery show

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy 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 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 fact that these photographs have been taken by the National Portrait Gallery for their reopening after a lengthy renovation is humbling yet also astonishing – I’m looking forward to seeing them on the walls, 60 years on.” Director of the National Portrait Gallery Dr Nicholas Cullinan said: “We all know what Beatlemania looked and sounded like from the outside, but what did it look and feel like for the four pairs of eyes that lived and witnessed it first-hand? “I will always be honoured that Paul approached the National Portrait Gallery to share this extraordinary archive – this exhibition begins an exciting new chapter for the gallery, as we prepare to open our new doors and welcome back our visitors.” An accompanying book of photographs and reflections will be published on June 13.