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Linda McCartney: Art Edition
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The World Through Linda's Lens
A retrospective of Linda McCartney's life and photography In 1967, 26-year-old Linda Eastman was in the process of becoming one of the most sought-after photographers in New York. Her intimate, informal shots of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Warren Beatty, and Janis Joplin had already featured in magazines like Town and Country and Rolling Stone when she met Paul McCartney while on assignment in London. A year later, she gave up her New York career and moved to London to become Linda McCartney and spend the rest of her life with Paul. For the next 30 years, until her untimely death at the age of 56, she devoted herself to her family, vegetarianism, animal rights, and photography. From her early rock'n'roll portraits, through the final years of the Beatles, via touring with Wings to raising four children with Paul, Linda captured her whole world on film. Her shots range from spontaneous family pictures to studio sessions with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, as well as artists Willem de Kooning and Gilbert and George. Always unassuming and fresh, her work displays a warmth and feeling for the precise moment that captures the essence of any subject. Whether photgraphing her children, celebrities, animals, or a fleeting moment of everyday life, she did so without pretension or artifice. This retrospective volume—a brilliant selection from her entire archive of over 200,000 images—is produced in close collaboration with Paul McCartney and their children. As such, it is a moving personal journal and a lasting testament to a subtle and versatile photographer. Limited Edition of 2000 copies, numbered and signed by Paul McCartney
About the editor: Alison Castle received a BA in philosophy from Columbia University and an MA in photography and film from New York University (NYU/International Center of Photography masters program). The editor of TASCHEN's Some Like it Hot and The Stanley Kubrick Archives, she lives in Paris, home of the world's best cinemas.
About the photographer: Linda McCartney (née Eastman) was born in New York in 1941. She took a photo course with Hazel Archer and studied fine art at the University of Arizona before settling in New York City. In 1966, during a brief stint as a receptionist for Town and Country magazine, she snagged a press pass to a very exclusive promotional event for the Rolling Stones aboard a yacht on the Hudson River; her fresh, candid photographs of the band were far superior to the formal shots made by the band's official photographer, and she was instantly on the way to making a name for herself as a top rock 'n' roll photographer. On May 11, 1968, when her portrait of Eric Clapton was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, she entered the record books as the first woman to have that honor. During her tenure as the leading photographer of the late 1960s' musical scene, she captured many of rock's most important musicians on film, including Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead. In 1967, Linda went to London to document the "Swinging Sixties," where she met Paul McCartney at the Bag 'o Nails club and subsequently photographed the Beatles during a launch event for the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Paul and Linda fell in love, and were married on March 12, 1969. In addition to Linda's daughter from her first marriage, Heather, she had three more children with Paul: Mary, Stella, and James.
Outside of her photography, which has been exhibited in over 50 galleries worldwide including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Bonni Benrubi Gallery, and the International Center of Photography, Linda McCartney is known for her passionate animal rights activism and her staunch vegetarianism. She wrote cookbooks and founded her own brand of frozen vegetarian meals, all the while raising a family, continuing to take photographs, and participating as a Wings band member alongside Paul. She died of breast cancer in 1998 at the age of 56.
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