National Public Radio’s online The Picture Show regularly has great eye-candy for fans of photography, in particular, and all things visual. Today, the blog clues us in on The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966 by Larry Marion. Seems Bonis was a Fab Four tour manager who snapped pics like crazy. But not wanting to exploit his position, Bonis kept the pictures out of circulation beyond family and friends. Now a son, Alex, has decided to take them public, hence the book being released by HarperCollins ($29.99). Of particular interest here, the selection at The Picture Show includes two shots of the Beatles’ final show in Detroit at Olympia on Aug. 13, 1966.
This article appears in Mar 23-29, 2011.