For Star subscribers: The North American premiere of 'The Linda McCartney Retrospective' in Tucson will feature never-before-scene images.
Cathalena E. Burch Staff from the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography traveled to London last year to sift through the Linda McCartney photo archives.
“We had the opportunity to go to London last year and work in the archive and create a show for Tucson from an existing retrospective that was really tailored to Tucson and the things that our audience might be interested ,” said the CCP’s Chief Curator Becky Senf. “We sort of leaned into the ties to Tucson in the family and artist sections,” Senf said, describing the collection as including self portraits and portraits of her family, many of them taken from their Reddington Road home where they spent several months a year for nearly 20 years. Linda McCartney died at the home in 1998 after battling breast cancer.
During her time at the UA, McCartney, who grew up in New York, took photography classes with Hazel Larson Archer, who taught at the Tucson Museum of Art. She also became the the first female photographer to land a cover of Rolling Stone magazine with her 1968 portrait of Eric Clapton. McCartney’s introduction to photography is represented in a twin exhibit of 40 of Archer’s photographs.A third part of “The Linda McCartney Retrospective” is “8-Track,” a series of live performances by Tucson artists at the gallery. Arizona Arts Live, the UA’s arts presenting arm, is collaborating with the CCP for the performances, which reflect the spirit of Tucson against the backdrop of McCartney’s photography and her love of music.
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