{"product_id":"contact-sheet-2003-paul-mccartney-chris-floyd","title":"\"Contact Sheet\", 2003 - Paul McCartney \u0026 Chris Floyd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer: Chris Floyd · 2003 · London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis was only a few days after the invasion of Iraq had begun. In my mind I had a specific idea of what I wanted this image to portray. PM as a disciplined, focused, tenacious man. It’s all there in all the stories. He was the one who kept The Beatles from drifting off the main highway. He was the one with his eyes on the road. And it’s been like that through his whole career. He’s still that ambitious 1950s grammar school boy. There’s a much longer story at the core of this experience but in summary, I wasn’t getting the vibe from him that I was looking for, he was too jokey, too light, and when I asked him to ‘just do less, be honest’ he replied\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“What’s the matter? You don’t like a bit of whimsy?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd out of my mouth, meant more in dry jest than anything else, came the words\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Not when there’s a war on, Paul”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd like that, it was all there. A wave coming into shore, it sat there for a moment, going neither in or out, before fizzling into the beach to reveal the raw shingle underneath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEverything I had hoped for was revealed and without stopping to look down at my Mamiya RZ waist level viewfinder I hit two quick clicks of the shutter, praying to the photography gods that it was in focus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll prints are made to order and supplied carefully packaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and numbered by the photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted on Hahnemühle Photo Rag ® 340gsm Metallic paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach image is printed with a white border accommodating signature and edition number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComes with a certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable editions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16\" × 20\" Limited Edition of 10, signed and numbered by the photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20\" × 24\" Limited Edition of 10, signed and numbered by the photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Behind The Gallery","offers":[{"title":"16 x 20","offer_id":56823619256486,"sku":null,"price":965.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 24","offer_id":56823619289254,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/3421\/7126\/files\/Paul_McCartney_Contact_Sheet_2022_04_v03_book_format_grain_1.jpg?v=1784275634","url":"https:\/\/www.behindthegallery.com.au\/products\/contact-sheet-2003-paul-mccartney-chris-floyd","provider":"Behind The Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}