NEW LIMITED EDITION BOOK ‘PHOTOGRAPH’ BY RINGO STARR

NEW LIMITED EDITION BOOK

‘PHOTOGRAPH’ BY RINGO STARR

Coming November 22, 2013

PLUS ‘THE PHOTOGRAPH PORTFOLIO’ – LARGE FORMAT FRAMED ART PRINTS

Genesis Publications present Ringo Starr’s highly anticipated limited edition book PHOTOGRAPH. Earlier this year Ringo delighted fans by announcing he would be opening his archive to share a lifetime of photography. Now this stunning book explores that archive in full.

In over 15,000 words of brand new text, Ringo tells us the stories behind more than 240 pictures. Each copy of PHOTOGRAPH is traditionally hand-bound, numbered, then signed by the author.

‘I love putting pictures together to show different times of my life. I was just taking shots because I liked to take shots, and now it’s turned into this, which is great. Peace & love.’ – Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr shares his life story in a memoir illustrated with 300+ pages of stunning photography that has remained unseen for decades. Ringo tells first-hand what it was like growing up in Liverpool, discusses his time as a Beatle, and much more. PHOTOGRAPH includes childhood photos and memorabilia saved by his mother (that even Ringo didn't know existed until now) and forgotten slides of The Beatles in Miami (that barely survived). Told in hundreds of photographs snapped all over the world, from Paris to Washington, India to Japan, PHOTOGRAPH is Ringo’s personal account of his life and work.

‘We made some incredible music. The songs are still relevant; the kids are listening to the music today. It worked. And there were many, many magic moments, when it really worked.’ – Ringo Starr

Ringo’s photography takes us on a journey through the decades, with letters and mementoes, beautiful black and white photographs, psychedelic special effects, stunning colour shots and retro 1980s polaroids.

‘These are shots that no one else could have. I just had the camera with me a lot of the time.’ – Ringo Starr

Ringo’s unique position and artistic flair has produced beautiful and intimate portraits of The Beatles, capturing sides of John, George and Paul that only a band mate would see – writing songs, having fun and lost in moments of quiet reflection.

‘This is how we saw most of the world when it got big for The Beatles: out of a car window, going to or leaving somewhere. That’s just how it was.’ – Ringo Starr

PHOTOGRAPH presents Ringo’s art in a craftsman-bound tome from Genesis Publications, with gold-edged pages and plenty of surprises inside.

‘Genesis did a great job on my first book POSTCARDS FROM THE BOYS – so why would I go anywhere else?’ – Ringo Starr

ORDERING INFORMATION

Ringo’s PHOTOGRAPH launches this autumn, with special events hosted in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Readers can find out more, and order now, atRingoPhotoBook.com. The book will be priced £345.

THE PHOTOGRAPH PORTFOLIO

Ringo has selected 12 of his favourite photographs to be showcased as gloriously reproduced, large format (20”x30”) framed art prints. Created in small artist editions of only 25 numbered copies, each proof is checked and each print is signed by Ringo Starr. A certificate of authenticity accompanies the final framed artwork.

Printed in lightfast Giclée inks onto archival cotton rag paper, The PHOTOGRAPH Portfolio celebrates Ringo’s camera work with a collection of museum quality prints, each to be treasured for decades to come.

See RingoPhotoArt.com for more information

For further information contact:

Sue Harris, Republic Media, +44 20 3213 0135 sue@republicmedia.net

ABOUT GENESIS PUBLICATIONS

‘As someone who’s always been interested in having a library themselves, I appreciate fine bookbinding and their whole ethic of what they do.’ – Jimmy Page

Founded in 1974, Genesis Publications is a family-owned independent publishing house true to the arts of printing and bookbinding. Genesis creates signed limited edition books and prints for collectors in over 50 countries. Recent authors include musicians such as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and David Bowie; visual artists such as Shepard Fairey, Storm Thorgerson and Sir Peter Blake; and contributing writers such as Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

ABOUT THE LOTUS FOUNDATION

Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara formed the Lotus Foundation in 1998 in the UK, and 2005 in the US. Its mission is to fund, support, participate in and promote charitable projects aimed at advancing social welfare in diverse areas, included but not limited to substance abuse, cerebral palsy, brain tumours, cancer, battered women and their children, homelessness, and animals in need. Ringo donates all his proceeds from the sales of this book to the Lotus Charity, as well as proceeds from many of his other projects.