My Life In Pictures

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Boyd photographing her sister Paula at Friar Park, 1971‘Here I am taking a close-up photo of my little sister Paula sitting on the edge of the pond at Friar Park’ [ • This heading was amended on 3 November 2022; the image features Boyd’s sister Paula, not her sister Jenny as an earlier version said. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 18: Pattie Boyd attends the launch of her new book "Pattie Boyd: My Life . She documented their life together, and later her second marriage to Clapton, capturing a vast archive of images not just as part of two of the most famous marriages of all time, but also of their close friends and contemporaries, including Twiggy, David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Billy Preston and The Beatles. The pictorial feast of imagery in My Life in Pictures is accompanied by Boyd’s stories and recollections.

Boyd was a pivotal figure in the creative lives of Harrison and Clapton and inspired some of their most popular songs (among them Harrison's “Something,” “If I Needed Someone” and “For You Blue,” and Clapton's “Layla” and “Wonderful Tonight”). Pattie taken on honeymoon in Barbados with George Harrison, 1966The name Pattie Boyd is synonymous with 60s counter-culture, from fashion to music to spirituality. I wasn’t pinned down to anything nine to five, I thought that would be an incredibly boring thing to do. The archive features extensive photographs from her early career, from Vogue to Vanity Fair, and marks fashion’s major shift from black and white post-war demure to wide-eyed, mini-skirted psychedelia, with Boyd’s place at the heart of sixties culture: “It was like a zeitgeist, we were no longer twin sets and pearls; we were forging ahead, going through the tunnel knowing there’s something at the other end. I thought this is the most exciting thing to happen to me, and this would be great for my grandchildren.It includes portraits and photographs of Boyd taken by some of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, such as David Bailey, Eric Swayne, Terence Donovan, Robert Freeman and Robert Whitaker. It was just a really nice environment—even if you do your makeup and your hair and all the clothes that you have to wear. It features extensive photographs from her early modelling career, including Vogue and Vanity Fair, giving a fascinating snapshot into the sea-change that occurred in the modelling industry from the post-war demure black and white approach to the psychedelic, short-skirt, swinging 60s and Pattie’s place in the centre of this shift.

Eric Clapton hotel room, 1974‘My first time on tour with Eric and I couldn’t resist taking this photo of the sofa and matching figure in the painting. She says: “Previously fashion had been really rather severe and sophisticated as far as magazines like Vogue and Harper's, etc. During our meditation lessons in Rishikesh, India, there would be time to capture lovely images like this one of Paul and John. With My Life in Pictures, which could be considered a visual companion to her Wonderful Tonight memoir, now out, Boyd says: “I hope people will enjoy the photographs and also enjoy the cultural fact of the change in fashion. Quorum mini dress, 1966Boyd details her extraordinary modelling career and life in London as the city experienced a cultural revolution: ‘I knew there was something in the air .One particular striking photo taken by Boyd is of a nude woman sitting on some rocks in a beach as a wave arrives. Pattie is famously the inspiration for George Harrison’s Something, described by Frank Sinatra as ‘the greatest love song of the past 50 years’. More than 50 years later, Boyd, who is now married to Rod Weston, has switched places from being photographed to getting behind the camera herself.

It features extensive photographs from her early modelling career, including Vogue and Vanity Fair, giving a fascinating snapshot into the sea-change that occurred in the modelling industry from the post-war demure black and white approach to the psychedelic, short-skirt, swinging 60s. Former wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton, Boyd is famously the inspiration for Harrison’s Something and Clapton’s Layla and Wonderful Tonight. She documented their life together, and later her second marriage to Clapton, capturing a vast archive of images not just as part of two of the most famous marriages of all time, but also documenting their close friends and contemporaries, including Twiggy, David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Billy Preston and The Beatles. We were just sitting there watching them photograph the waves, and then the girlfriend said to me, 'Would you like to photograph me? It includes diary entries, artefacts and artworks, most famously the original Layla album cover painting by Emile Frandsen.I always wanted to put out a book of photographs,” she explains, “because I think in a way they speak louder than words. One particular image she took and is in the book was that of a smiling Clapton performing live with the American blues guitarist Freddie King. In addition to her involvement in My Life in Pictures, Boyd has stayed busy in the last two years through podcasting, most recently with her show Cocktails With Pattie. We were totally inspired, whether we [the models] were inspired, whether the designers were inspired—people like Ossie Clark and Mary Quant.

Pattie Boyd filming a commercial for Dop Pearlized Shampoo by L’Oreal, UK, 1966This rich and evocative visual memoir brings to life the music, fashion and pop culture scene through the eyes of one of the most iconic fashion models and famous muses of the 20th century – who was at the epicentre of 60s London. Granting full and intimate access to her personal archive for the first time, the model and photographer shares over 300 pictures and artworks in a new book – and talks us through them.Pattie Boyd: My Life in Pictures is a deluxe visual treasure trove featuring over 300 photographs and artworks, with Boyd sharing full and intimate access to her personal archive for the first time. Well, it was taking so long that George looks away and I'd like to think he was thinking of music,” she continues.