George Harrison by Lizzie Bravo

All photos taken by Lizzie Bravo 

 

Some Paul photos taken by Lizzie Bravo

All photos taken by Lizzie Bravo 

 

I am still very upset about Lizzie and decided to share some of my favorite photographs that she took of the Beatles between 1967 - 1969.    Lizzie was quite a skilled photographer, especially for a teenager with just a regular camera.    I love the candid snapshots of The Beatles taken by fans because they show a different side to the Beatles that you don't see in the posed photographs.   Lizzie's photos really bring out the personality and  individual traits of each of the boys. 

Flowers for Harrison

Photo by Lizzie Bravo 

Paul McCartney

Photo by Lizzie Bravo 

White jacket at Cavendish

photos by Lizzie Bravo

A prezzie from a friend

This lovely Paul photo is one that Lizzie Bravo took of our birthday boy.  Lizzie what year was this taken?  (I am awful and figuring out years on Paul photos!).   She sent it to me to share on this blog.  Thanks again to you Lizzie for all you do for so many of us.

Serious looking Paul

This is a very nice photo of a Sgt. Pepper era Paul.

10 years without George

First I want to say that I purposely waited until late in the day on November 29 to post my tribute in memory of George. I did that because while I know that George passed away on November 29, 2001, it wasn't until the morning of November 30, 2001 that I heard the news. As I have said in the past, the day I learned of George's death was my last day working at a job that I was anxious to leave. I had quit on September 12, 2001 after realizing that life was too short to be stuck doing something you dislike. But this particular job had a 2 MONTH notice (instead of the traditional 2 week notice) and with my accumulated sick days and whatnot, November 30 was my last day. On December 1 I was going to venture out into a new phase of my life. Somehow George's death at that particular moment of my life made me think about how George also was going onto his next phase of the cycle of life.

Having a Beatles blog, I felt like I had to do something great in honor of George. "People expect it, Sara", I was telling myself all day. And I had a few different ideas. I looked for letters from fans written after his death and found very little. The photos I personally took of the George Harrison memorial wall at Beatlefest in 2002 didn't look as great as I remembered them.

Words cannot express how I feel about George. George isn't my favorite Beatle. I have jokingly referred to him as "my fourth favorite Beatle." Because I love and adore George Harrison, and he is one of my favorite musicians ever. I think George would have found that to be a funny statement. It actually angered me that after George's death people that I know were never fans started calling him their favorite Beatle. But now, 10 years later, I don't care.

Anyhow....I am leaving you with some excerpts from a Rolling Stone magazine article written in by Fred Goodman along with two fan photos, one of which was taken by Lizzie Bravo and the other I think was taken by Cathy Sarver (although I might be incorrect about that one.)

Das and Goswami, the Krishnas who prayed and kept him company till the moment of his death, say Harrison's humor was intact until he died. 'There was some great jokes,' says Das. 'He's always been a super comedian.' 'He faced the end with great humor and courage,' said Dr. Lederman, who treated Harrison. 'He believed that death is part of life and had no fear of death. sometimes it made those around him uncomfortable. But he was totally fearless about it.


In early November Harrison received treatment on Staten Island. Throughout, he remained in good spirits, even working on "Brainwashed". And it was there on November 12th that he shared a final reunion with his former band mates, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. According to the British tabloid, Sunday People, Harrison was in high humor throughout lunch, recalling early adventures from their days together, including how he had thought he fellow Beatles were asleep when he lost his virginity in their shared Hamburg hotel room, only to have them cheer and clap when he had finished. Starr, who had flown in from Boston, where his thirty-one year old daughter is being treated for a brain tumor, left after lunch when Harrison went for treatment (and we all know what was shared between Ringo and George at that moment, especially after seeing the Harrison documentary this past October) but McCartney insisted on remaining, spending the rest of the afternoon with the Harrisons. "It was a spirited affair," said Lederman, "not a somber one. There were lots of laughs and lots of fun. There were tears, but George remained very much a man of dignity. At the end, after both Paul and Ringo had left, he was fine and calm. He was a very happy man. This meeting meant so much to him."

Another one from that great photographer: Lizzie Bravo!

I have said for years that the reason why I love Beatles photos taken by fans is that they capture something special that the posed photos could never capture. In my personal opinion, no fan captured that special something as well as Lizzie Bravo. All of her photographs of the boys pull you into the photo as if you are there. It is amazing especially when you think of the lack of technology she had to work with compared to today.

So here is another John photo. It has been posted before, but much smaller. What is John wearing here? A green jacket? Another badge (sword swallower maybe?) and polka-dotted shirt? So fab!

Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane

Oooooh! "New" photo of John signing the "Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane" 45!!!! I am in love! (again) Look at the expression on his face!

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Thank you to Anibal form Spain for sending this better copy of the John Lennon photo I previously posted. I didn't realize it when I posted it at the time,l but you can see Lizzie just barely in the background.

Lizzie photographs her singing partner

I have posted this photo here before, but here it is more complete. This time we can see that a fan is in the photograph with Paul in his red shirt! At first I thought Lizzie was in the photo, but I was incorrect. That is a British Paul fan named Jean. Lizzie did take this photo!

Sgt. Pepper John

Here is a photo that according to ebay is from the Lizzie Bravo files! I personally am loving this photo because John is wearing the coat that I saw on display in Liverpool this summer and flipped out over seeing. I can't even begin to imagine how I would have acted if I had seen John Lennon actually wearing the coat!!

What album?

Any of you Beatle detectives out there know what album George is holding in this photo? Scanned from Waiting for the Beatles by Carol Bedford. Who is the photographer of this photo?