Photograph (book)

Photograph is a photography book by Ringo Starr. The book is a collection of 240 photographs of Starr's that also serves as his autobiography through the photo captions.[1][2] The title of the book is the also the title of his 1973 single "Photograph". The book was first published in 2013 in a deluxe 2,500-copy limited edition by Genesis Publications,[3][4] and later in a mass edition in 2015.[5]

For the Ringo Starr song, see Photograph (Ringo Starr song).
Photograph
AuthorRingo Starr
LanguageEnglish
GenrePhotography, non-fiction
Published2013
Pages304

Background

The book contains photographs of Starr and his family while growing up, and photographs he took himself during his time with the Beatles. According to Starr, he did not want to write a autobiography but wanted instead to do it in the form of photographs. He said: "Pictures are great because they remind you of so much. If one of these pictures is, let’s say, September of 1964, if you were just to ask me 'What did you do then?' No idea! But oh, there’s the shot, and all those memories kick in."[1]

Starr thought he had lost the photographs he took, but found them including two boxes of negatives in storage in a basement while looking for material for a Grammy Museum exhibit.[3]{[6] Some of these photographs were displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London starting 9 September 2015 to coincide with the release of the mass edition. This edition as well as a limited edition of sets of photographic prints were initially released for sale at the gallery, but later became available in book shops on 21 September 2015.[7]

References
  1. Willman, Chris (September 25, 2015). "Ringo Starr Talks 'Photograph' Book, Snapping Foo Fighters & Auctioning Beatles Memories". Billboard.
  2. Alexander, Phil. "Act Naturally: The Photography Of Ringo Starr". MOJO.
  3. "Ringo Starr's Lost Beatles Photo Album". Rolling Stone. 8 November 2013.
  4. Lewis, Randy (24 September 2015). "Ringo Starr's five fab Beatles moments from his book 'Photograph'". The Los Angeles Times.
  5. "Photograph". Amazon.
  6. Brown, Mark (9 September 2015). "Ringo Starr focuses on missing Beatles photos at launch of new book". The Guardian.
  7. "News Release: Rarely seen photographs by Ringo Starr go on display at National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
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