corks's review
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
A personal collection of Ringo's photos, beginning in his childhood and spanning to the present day. This book exudes Ringo's pure love of photography and reinstates the importance of capturing moments, both big and small.
dougsasser's review
3.0
Most of these photos were taken by the Beatles of each other while on tour in the early days of the band. Other portion are from Ringo's scrapbook. A few are professionally done. This is a self promotion book mostly.
sannielee's review
5.0
Call me crazy, but I ordered the collector's edition from Genesis Publications because I'm a huge Beatles fan. I was not disappointed! The bookbinding is gorgeous and the entire packaging just beautiful. I've never owned a collector's book like this, but now I get it and I must admit -- I'm hooked. (Probably not good for my wallet)
Beside the book itself, the contents are really wonderful. There's not too much text, but that's not the point. The photographs give you a rare glimpse into Ringo's private life, starting with a baby picture and ending with his favorite All-Starr line-up. Of course, The Beatles photos were the definite highlights for me because they are really candid shots that other photographers tried to capture, but not the degree that Ringo did. Ringo was taking pictures of his friends and that's what you see. You also get insight into his personal life, taking pictures with his family.
The text is almost like having Ringo sitting next to you explaining each photo to you. It's really a nice book and I can imagine if the ebook is interactive, it's probably a lot of fun. I highly recommend this book in any form to Beatles fans (although, of course, the Genesis Publications hard edition is incredible).
Beside the book itself, the contents are really wonderful. There's not too much text, but that's not the point. The photographs give you a rare glimpse into Ringo's private life, starting with a baby picture and ending with his favorite All-Starr line-up. Of course, The Beatles photos were the definite highlights for me because they are really candid shots that other photographers tried to capture, but not the degree that Ringo did. Ringo was taking pictures of his friends and that's what you see. You also get insight into his personal life, taking pictures with his family.
The text is almost like having Ringo sitting next to you explaining each photo to you. It's really a nice book and I can imagine if the ebook is interactive, it's probably a lot of fun. I highly recommend this book in any form to Beatles fans (although, of course, the Genesis Publications hard edition is incredible).
birdmanseven's review
4.0
A great collection of candid shots from Ringo's amazing life.
I discuss my experience seeing his 2019 show at Bethel Woods in this special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-209-summer-of-concerts
I discuss my experience seeing his 2019 show at Bethel Woods in this special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-209-summer-of-concerts
missnicelady's review
4.0
Nice pictures. Light on text, of course (Ringo was never much of a writer -- the words sound like he said them out loud to someone as he looked at the photos, and that person just transcribed them verbatim). But, you know, nice pictures.
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