( CNN ) The rock stars of the '60s and '70s have , inevitably , gotten older . Many are now in their 70s ; some have even passed on . Pattie Boyd still sees them as vigorous youths . `` I feel very lucky that I was part of that whole scene in the '60s and '70s , '' she says in a phone interview from her home in Britain . `` I love looking at the photographs because everyone was young , and they were so gorgeous to look at . '' `` The photographs '' are the pictures that Boyd , 69 , took of many of the era 's notables -- including her former husbands , George Harrison and Eric Clapton . As Harrison 's wife , she was there when the Beatles went through the frenzy of Beatlemania , the journeys of psychedelia and mysticism and the crumbling of their partnership . With Clapton -- who ardently pursued her for years -- she witnessed a guitarist at the peak of his solo fame as well as his struggle with addiction . She was married to Harrison from 1966 to 1977 and Clapton from 1979 to 1989 . Boyd 's photographs , including many of the Beatles and Clapton , went on display at the San Francisco Art Exchange on Tuesday and will remain on exhibit until March 15 . The photos capture a rare intimacy and casualness . The Beatles are photographed on their 1968 visit to India , with the group looking relaxed and happy . In another picture , Clapton grins at fellow guitarist Freddie King in 1974 . Then there 's one of Harrison in the early '90s , clutching a ukulele -- a favorite instrument of the Beatles guitarist , who died in 2001 . Some of the photographs only recently turned up , says Boyd . `` I 'm quite a sloppy person as far as working out where all my negatives and slides are , '' she says . One of them pictures a group setting up the stage for `` The Last Waltz , '' the 1976 San Francisco concert filmed by Martin Scorsese . Boyd , who wrote a memoir in 2007 , says there 's some emotion underneath the pictures , even decades later . ( After all , she inspired a number of songs on Clapton 's `` Layla '' album , his way of channeling the anguish he felt for loving his best friend 's wife . ) But it 's not necessarily sorrow or longing . The pictures also bring back a lot of happiness , she says . Many Harrison photos , particularly one from late 1967 , show him at ease , before the agonies of the Beatles ' business troubles took root . And Clapton never looks happier than when he 's on stage : `` He never , never , never had stage nerves . In the middle of a conversation ( he 'd say ) , 'Oh , I 've got to go on now , ' and just walk on as if he were walking into his home . '' She understands that -- despite time in front of the camera herself , as a model for the likes of David Bailey -- she 'll probably always be looked at in the context of her famous mates . But that 's OK. `` I ca n't rewrite history , '' she says . `` I 'll always be linked to the Beatles , George and Eric . '' It does n't hurt , however , that she 'll always see them as young and beautiful . `` We all get a bit older , '' she says , `` but , you know , I 'm so glad that I have these photos . ''
Pattie Boyd 's photographs capture a rare intimacy and casualness of former husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton . Some of the photographs only recently turned up , says Boyd . Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos:Photos: The Beatles: