To music fans, the mention of Pattie Boyd's name immediately conjures up two rock legends to who she was formerly married: first George Harrison and then later Eric Clapton. Model, photographer, and one of the most iconic muses of the twentieth century, Pattie Boyd was at the epicentre of the London music and pop-culture scene in the 1960s and 1970s. With My Life in Pictures, which could be considered a visual companion to her Wonderful Tonight memoir, now out, Boyd says: “I hope people will enjoy the photographs and also enjoy the cultural fact of the change in fashion. Pattie is famously the inspiration for George Harrison’s Something, described by Frank Sinatra as ‘the greatest love song of the past 50 years’.

It was just a really nice environment—even if you do your makeup and your hair and all the clothes that you have to wear. The pictorial feast of imagery in My Life in Pictures is further brought alive by Boyd’s accompanying stories and recollections. It includes portraits and photographs of Boyd taken by some of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, such as David Bailey, Eric Swayne, Terence Donovan, Robert Freeman and Robert Whitaker.The photos in My Life in Pictures also document Boyd's relationships with Harrison and Clapton in candid settings—outside of the paparazzi and intense media glare—whether it's at home or on the road. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 18: Pattie Boyd attends the launch of her new book "Pattie Boyd: My Life . The name Pattie Boyd is synonymous with sixties counter-culture, from fashion to music to spirituality. She documented their life together, and later her second marriage to Clapton, capturing a vast archive of images not just as part of two of the most famous marriages of all time, but also documenting their close friends and contemporaries, including Twiggy, David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Billy Preston and The Beatles.

One standout image features Harrison and Boyd posing in front of their home's rose garden, with Harrison looking away (see above). She documented their life together, and later her second marriage to Clapton, capturing a vast archive of images not just as part of two of the most famous marriages of all time, but also of their close friends and contemporaries, including Twiggy, David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Billy Preston and The Beatles.Pattie Boyd: My Life in Pictures is a deluxe visual treasure trove featuring over 300 photographs and artworks, with Boyd sharing full and intimate access to her personal archive for the first time. The last frame from my roll of film was when a wave came in just beside her and it hit the rocks, and it looks as if she was spouting the wave.

One particular image she took and is in the book was that of a smiling Clapton performing live with the American blues guitarist Freddie King. Photographers and filmmakers were splashing ahead, artists like David Hockney were doing great things.George Harrison, 1968Pattie’s love of photography developed around the time of her marriage to Harrison. I wasn’t pinned down to anything nine to five, I thought that would be an incredibly boring thing to do. Aside from fellow model Twiggy, Boyd was a symbolic face of the countercultural movement in Britain, especially during the era of Swinging London. In addition to her involvement in My Life in Pictures, Boyd has stayed busy in the last two years through podcasting, most recently with her show Cocktails With Pattie. I thought this is the most exciting thing to happen to me, and this would be great for my grandchildren.