Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of “Liverpool Days” Exhibition featuring Astrid Kirchherr and Max Scheler
This month marks the 25th Anniversary of Astrid Kirchherr and Max Scheler’s first exhibition in the United States, Liverpool Days, at Govinda Gallery. The exhibition was also a launch for the limited edition book, Liverpool Days (Genesis Publications Ltd. 1994).
Astrid Kirchherr, was the photographer engaged to Beatles bass player and painter Stuart Sutcliffe at the time of his tragic death in Hamburg, and who remained good friends with the band after they became international “stars”. Max Scheler, a photo-journalist with a preference for covering major political and social events, turned to Astrid for help when given the Liverpool assignment by his editor in 1964.
It was my great pleasure to organize the first exhibition at Paul Alan’s Experience Music Project, Artist to Icon: Early Photos of Elvis, Dylan, and The Beatles, now named the Museum of Pop Culture. Astrid Kirchherr and Max Scheler’s photos were featured in that 2003 exhibition.