Paul Berriff
As a teenager, Paul Berriff dreamed of becoming a reporter or a photographer. He started to snapping the popstars of the day as they gigged in Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield. And what popstars! The Beatles, The Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Marianne Faithful and many others. Paul went on to become a BAFTA award-winning cameraman and forgot all about the photos, until he came across them in his attic a few years ago. Salts presented them as the exhibition ‘Rock Legends in Yorkshire.’
These photos have a real freshness to them: even though they depict some of the most famous faces in the world, the images haven't been endlessly reproduced for the last 50 years. There’s an innocence, too – as Paul says, “Only a few months later, the singers and bands would become national and international stars and would never again give such an opportunity to a teenager.”
These photos have a real freshness to them: even though they depict some of the most famous faces in the world, the images haven't been endlessly reproduced for the last 50 years. There’s an innocence, too – as Paul says, “Only a few months later, the singers and bands would become national and international stars and would never again give such an opportunity to a teenager.”
