50 Years Behind the Lens, presented by Paul Berriff

Saturday 9^th  June, 2pm to 5pm, Muker Village Hall

With a pre-talk reception at the Old School Muker from 1pm

Tickets £10 including refreshments

To reserve your place please email ask@theoldschoolmuker.co.uk or telephone us on 01748 886615.

On Saturday 9^th June, as part of the Rock Legends exhibition, BAFTA award winner Paul Berriff will be coming to Muker to talk about his life and career as a photographer and filmmaker, a career spanning 50 years from the 1960s to the present day.

Lessons of Darkness, Gulf War : Paul Berriff

Paul’s talk will take you on a memorable journey from his early influences as a 1950’s paper boy delivering Picture Post and Life Magazine – two magazines that told the news and current affairs through powerful full page black and white photographs – via his time as a young press photographer for the Yorkshire Evening Post chasing police cars and fire engines around the streets of Leeds, and onto his days as a BBC and independent film maker.

Live & Let Die Film Set | Paul Berriff

During this time Paul met and photographed many young bands and artists who would become household names including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and Sandie Shaw. He covered The Troubles in Northern Ireland, worked on the James Bond Live and Let Die film set and filmed with Prince Charles for a year. He is the only director/ producer to have been given permission to follow the lives of NASA shuttle astronauts and their families as they prepared for launch.

Live & Let Die Film Set with Jane Seymour| Paul Berriff

Being a film maker can be a hazardous affair and Paul has experienced his fair share of danger, surviving four near-death experiences …

Sea King Helicopter Crash |Paul Berriff

… leaping from a sinking ship in the North Sea; being blown from the top of an exploding volcano in Nicaragua; walking away from a major helicopter crash in the Scottish Cairngorms;

South Tower Collapse | 9/11 | Paul Berriff

… and miraculously surviving (along with his film camera) the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11, the only British survivor of that day.

Paul’s talk will be accompanied by photographs and film footage of the events he’s captured, including that day on 9/11.

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