by Pattie Boyd
First published 2022
Pattie Boyd grants readers unprecedented access to her private collection of photographs, correspondence, and diary entries spanning her extraordinary life at the center of 1960s and 1970s music culture. Born in 1944, Boyd became a prominent fashion model before marrying George Harrison and later Eric Clapton. Her camera captured intimate moments from both marriages, documenting not only her relationships with two legendary musicians but also their famous friends including the Beatles, Mick Jagger, Twiggy, and David Bailey. The book presents over 300 images from Boyd's personal archive, featuring her early modeling work for Vogue and Vanity Fair, portraits by renowned photographers like David Bailey and Terence Donovan, and candid shots of rock royalty. Boyd includes personal letters from John Lennon and Yoko Ono, diary excerpts, and artifacts like the original Layla album cover painting. Her accompanying stories reveal the woman who inspired Harrison's "Something" and Clapton's "Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight," offering an insider's perspective on the transformation of both the modeling industry and popular music during the swinging sixties.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, autobiography, music, 21st-century, fashion
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, insider-perspective
Period: 1960s, 1970s
239 pages · Hardcover · Reel Art Press