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McCartney by the Other McCartney |
Just four days after she met Paul McCartney for the first time, photographer Linda Eastman showed up at the press launchof the Beatles new album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Two years later, they were married. When the Beatles split, Linda would join McCartney to form Wings. The two remained married for 29 years, until Linda's death in 1998. Together, they supported each other's careers in music and, in her case, photography — while raising four children, promoting a vegetarian lifestyle, and advocating for animal rights.
One of the most interesting aspects of rock photography is its near insistence on black and white. Rock stars just look better in shades of gray. Aside from McCartney, Anton Corbijn was the master of the monochromatic. Corbijn, born in 1955 was a part of the second generation of rock photographers, but began his career young enough to still capture the essence of the 60s and the exuberance of the 70s. The 80s, though, belonged to Corbijn. Aside from his stylistic work with Depeche Mode and Echo and the Bunnymen, Corbijn captured our rock heroes in their maturity.
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Miles Davis |
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Tom Waits |
