Saturday, April 23, 2011
Paul McCartney to release Linda photo book
Paul McCartney is to release to a collection of his late wife Linda's photographs in a new book.
The former Beatle and his children, including fashion designer Stella, have personally selected many of the images to be featured in Life in Photographs from Linda's archive of more than 200,000 photos.
In an official statement, Paul said that Linda's artistry was what first drew him to his future spouse in the late-1960s.
"From the early days I have very much admired her photography and being able to experience it personally only added to my feelings of admiration," the 'Maybe I'm Amazed' singer noted.
"In those days, it was quite unusual for a woman photographer to be working on her own in photography and, in many ways, I know she has inspired a large number of female photographers who followed in her footsteps."
Photographs present in the book will include Linda's snaps of famed musicians such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin and her husband's band The Beatles.
Others involved with the project include acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz, who served as co-author.
Paul and Linda met in 1967 and were married two years later. The singer once told radio host Howard Stern that he and his wife only spent a handful of nights apart throughout their marriage.
Besides her photography work, Linda was a member of McCartney's post-Beatles band Wings and was a public advocate for vegetarianism.
After a lengthy battle with breast cancer, she died in 1998 surrounded by family and friends at her family's home in Tuscon, AZ. Paul was later married to Heather Mills, but the pair divorced in 2008.
Life in Photographs is available for purchase in several different editions, with a standard release priced at $69 (£41.79) and two 'Art Editions' for $2,500 (£1,513).
---digitalspy.com