The Beatles Are Back - In Photos!
By Amanda White, Fri Dec 9th

In February of 1964, The Beatles came to America hot on theheels of their first two hit singles, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"and "I Saw Her Standing There". The term "Beatlemania" was usedto describe the chaos and pandemonium that ensued due to theirfan’s adoration and bouts of screaming celebrity hysteria.

Forty years after "Beatlemania" came across the pond, foreverchanging our cultural landscape, CBS Television andHewlett-Packard have teamed up to bring many of the "lost"images of The Beatles first trip to America back to life. WhenJohn, Paul, George, and Ringo first arrived, CBS had a number oftheir publicity photographers following them around.

What they captured in those photos was the Fab Four at theirseemingly timeless best! CBS and Hewlett Packard have joinedforces to bring these images to the public, in the form atraveling exhibit called "The Beatles: Backstage and Behind theScenes". Bill Eppridge, a photographer for both CBS and LIFEmagazine, was instrumental in bringing this project to life.

Bill contributed upwards of 84 never published photos of thelads from Liverpool to the exhibition. Most of his photos werecaptured as he was on the road with The Beatles in 1964, whereasthe other images in the collection (taken by the CBSphotographers) are

taken mainly from dress rehearsals andbackstage. Linda McCartney also contributed a number of imagesto the original exhibition.

The images remained unpublished until 2001, when arepresentative from the CBS Photo Archive approached HP Labsabout restoring and reproducing them for an exhibit in Alberta,Canada. The collection includes 64 framed black-and whiteimages, as well as 20 mounted large format photographs withcaptions and timeline panels.

The collection has recently been reprinted in a commemorativeexhibition catalogue which is available from ArtVisionExhibitions. This collection has been touring the world sincelate 2001, and is still capturing the hearts and minds of fanseverywhere.

The exhibit is also available for private showings, andinquiries can be directed to Vickie Rehberg, ExhibitionMarketing Manager (1-866-278-4685). These images represent thevery best of photography and photojournalism in 1964. We loveyou……yeah, yeah, yeah!

About the author:Amanda White is an avid photography and art enthusiast. Sheworks for a gallery part time, in addition to being a freelancewriter for http://www.dpdigest.com – a site that offersinformation for camera lovers everywhere with information aboutdigital ( http://www.dpdigest.com/cameras/ ), digitalcamera reviews (http://www.dpdigest.com/cameras/digital-cameras/ ), digitalphotography http://www.dpdigest.com/ and more.