I wasn’t pinned down to anything nine to five, I thought that would be an incredibly boring thing to do. 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. Pattie in studio darkroom by John Swannell, 2018‘I liked the idea of being independent and working, but not all the time.

We were totally inspired, whether we [the models] were inspired, whether the designers were inspired—people like Ossie Clark and Mary Quant. I always wanted to put out a book of photographs,” she explains, “because I think in a way they speak louder than words. 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. To music fans, the mention of Pattie Boyd's name immediately conjures up two rock legends to who she was formerly married: first George Harrison and then later Eric Clapton. 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.MY LIFE IN PICTURES features portraits and photographs taken by some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, including David Bailey, Eric Swayne, Terence Donovan, David Hurn and Robert Whitaker.

Aside from fellow model Twiggy, Boyd was a symbolic face of the countercultural movement in Britain, especially during the era of Swinging London. The pictorial feast of imagery in My Life in Pictures is accompanied by Boyd’s stories and recollections. Granting full and intimate access to her personal archive for the first time, the model, muse, and photographer shares over 300 pictures and artworks in PATTIE BOYD: MY LIFE IN PICTURES, a deluxe special edition published by Reel Art Press. During our meditation lessons in Rishikesh, India, there would be time to capture lovely images like this one of Paul and John.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.