Behind the scenes with Mary McCartney

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Behind the scenes with Mary McCartney
Topic Started: Jun 14 2009, 09:58 AM (66 Views)
Kelly18	Jun 14 2009, 09:58 AM Post #1
Posts: 119 Group: Members Member #626 Joined: January 13, 2009	http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Behind-the-scenes-with-Mary.5360783.jp Behind the scenes with Mary McCartney « Previous « PreviousNext » Next »View GalleryPublished Date: 12 June 2009 By Sarah Freeman Mary McCartney grew up with an insider's view of celebrity. The eldest daughter of Sir Paul and Linda McCartney may have had a famously unstarry upbringing on a Scottish farm, but by the time she reached her teens she had also travelled the world and met the great and the good of the music industry. So when she did eventually follow in her mother's photographic footsteps, it was no surprise that she preferred to focus her lens behind the scenes of the world of fashion and entertainment. For the last 15 years she has been building an impressive portfolio of work and after solo exhibitions in London and Dallas, she has now been persuaded to unveil a collection of her prints in a quiet corner of North Yorkshire. Ms McCartney is another big name coup for Nunnington Hall, near Helmsley, which has previously hosted exhibitions by the likes of Bryan Adams and Police guitarist Andy Summers. "One day I received an email asking if I would be interested in exhibiting in Yorkshire," said Ms McCartney. "It just looked like a really beautiful place so I knew I had to say yes. "Some of the photographs are taken backstage at the Royal Ballet, others I hope capture the atmosphere of a fashion show before the models step on the catwalk, but all have a common theme. "It's about capturing an intimate moment in time and showing people a different perspective on a particular world." Ms McCartney decided to take up photography after helping her late mother Linda sought through her contact sheets. She went out on her own in the in mid 1990s. "I was always interested in photography, but for a long time I didn't know what place it would have in my life," she says. "Mum wasn't interested in celebrity or easily impressed, all she wanted to do through her work was capture the essence of a person. She was an incredibly natural photographer." As Ms McCartney's career took off, her mother was always on the phone for support and just before she died from breast cancer in 1998 at the age of 56, they were working together on a cookery book. "The cook book had been a lot of fun, it was just sad the portrait I did of her for the inside ended up being the last photograph of her ever taken. It was obviously a horrible time for all of us and if I can use my position to help cancer charities raise their profile, I'm more than happy to do it." Ms McCartney will turn 40 this summer and admits a few years ago she would have been dreading the milestone birthday. However, if her mother's death taught her anything, it was to enjoy every single moment. "I remember mum saying, 'I can't believe that in four years time I'm going to be 60'," she says. "Shortly afterwards she was diagnosed with the cancer. She made me realise how precious time is." Mary McCartney, Collective Works, Nunnington Hall, June 16 to July 26. 01432 748 283.



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