In 1966, during a brief stint as a receptionist for Town and
Country magazine, Linda Eastman snagged a press pass to a very
exclusive promotional event for the Rolling Stones aboard a yacht
on the Hudson River. With her fresh, candid photographs of the
band, far superior to the formal shots made by the band's official
photographer, Linda secured her name as a rock 'n' roll
photographer. Two years later, in May 1968, she entered the record
books as the first female photographer to have her work featured on
the cover of Rolling Stone with her portrait of Eric Clapton. She
went on to capture 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. For the next three
decades, until her untimely death, 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, 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 encounters with 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 photographing her children, celebrities, animals,
or a fleeting moment of everyday life, she did so without
pretension or artifice. This retrospective volume is a lasting and
deeply personal testament to Linda's talent, produced in close
collaboration with the McCartney family, with forewords by Paul,
Stella, and Mary McCartney.
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