Previously unseen Linda McCartney photography is now on display in Kelvingrove
The photography has been curated by her family
Last updated 4th Jul 2019
A major retrospective of photography by Linda McCartney has gone on display in Kelvingrove in Glasgow.
The photography has been curated by her family and it is the first time the showbiz shots and intimate portraits of her husband and children have been shown in the UK.
Sir Paul McCartney and daughters Mary and Stella put together The Linda McCartney Retrospective, which runs at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum from Friday 5th July to January 12th 2020.
Sir Paul McCartney said, "The whole family loves to honour Linda's work - she would have loved this because Glasgow was a place she loved.
"She loved Scotland because it gave us a lot of fond memories, a lot of freedom and a lot of happy times.
"It is nice to have all of that encapsulated in the Kelvingrove exhibition.''
Linda McCartney became a professional photographer in the mid-1960s, and captured The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and many more.
Linda was the first female photographer whose work was featured as the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1968, with a portrait of Eric Clapton.
Following her marriage to Paul her work focused on the natural world, family life and social commentary.
She died from breast cancer in 1998 at the age of 56.
Stella McCartney said: "Through these images you meet the real mother I knew.
"You see her raw and deep talent and passion for her art, photography.
"Ahead of her time on every level, this mother-of-four still held her camera close like a companion, she captures the world around her through her eyes and this can be seen on the walls around the exhibition.
"Her humour, her love of family and nature and her moments framed with a slight surreal edge ... Scotland was one of her favourite places on Earth and so many images were taken there.''
The retrospective also includes one of Linda McCartney's diaries from the 1960s and a selection of her cameras and photographic equipment.
The exhibition has previously been shown in Vienna, Seoul and Montpellier.
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