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‘I DIDN’T KNOW WHO THE
BEATLES WERE, I’D NEVER
HEARD OF THEM’
– Michael Ward
The Beatles on the day when they heard that Please, Please Me had become their first Number one hit. “I didn’t know who they were, I’d never heard of them” Michael remembers, “I wasn’t interested in them and they weren’t interested in me, or having their photo- graph taken”. That day he took some incredible natural, and rare images of them on the cusp of their worldwide domination.
In 2006, Ward wrote a fascinating autobiography called Mostly Woman, revealing a neglected childhood but an amazing life.
Ward is survived by his widow, the Tony Award-win- ning actress and dancer Elizabeth Seal, who manages his archive, and who kindly agreed for Daniel Mankowitz to mount this exhibition. The exhibition will show a selec- tion of Michael Ward’s black and white photographs, some of which have never been seen before, including archive signed prints and limited editions.ve
ICONIC MOMENTS EXHIBITION – PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL WARD. Curated by Daniel Mankowitz When: Thursday 18th October to Friday 9th November Where: Lorfords, 9 Langton Street, London SW10 0JL Tel: 020 3434 3133
Website: www.lorfordsantiques.com
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Left: Michael Ward was photographing
The Beatles on the
day they heard that Please, Please Me
had become their first Number one hit. Below: The Managing Director of Berlei seated on the sofa and hard at work
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