The great guitarist George Harrison famously came to India in 1966 and found it offered a kind of spiritual solace that he held to for many years in his life. His affection for the country had a marked effect on pop music and the perception of India in the West, making it a hippie haven even today.
These photographs, self-portraits taken with a fisheye lens, show a side of the quiet Beatle that was rarely noted.
These photographs, self-portraits taken with a fisheye lens, show a side of the quiet Beatle that was rarely noted.
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