Editing Linda McCartney (section)

==Career==
===Photography===
Linda became a receptionist and editorial assistant for ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'' magazine.<ref name=Sounes/> In 1965, she became romantically involved with photographer David Dalton. She studied how he worked during photo shoots, how he set up shots and managed lighting and composition. When she began her own shoots, such as with music groups, he said he was "astonished" at how easily she could take control of unruly or uncooperative musicians.<ref name=Carlin>Carlin, Peter Ames. ''Paul McCartney: A Life'', Simon & Schuster (2009) pp. 169–170</ref> He said that shooting rock groups was "a bloody pain in the neck. But with the lovely Linda, all this changed&nbsp;... Now their eyes were pinned on her."<ref name="FieldsBiogChapter1"/>

Dalton was also impressed by the intelligence of Eastman's daughter. "Linda and I would get high and Heather would say the most amazing things&nbsp;... I'd think, 'This is [[André Breton]] at six years old!{{'"}} He added that he found Linda's relationship with Heather a "very charming aspect of her life with this wonderful child".<ref name=Carlin/>

When the magazine received an invitation to photograph [[the Rolling Stones]] during a record promotion party on a yacht, Eastman immediately volunteered to represent the publication.<ref name="FieldsBiogChapter1">{{cite web |first=Danny |last=Fields |url=http://www.wingspan.ru/bookseng/linda/01.html |title=Linda McCartney 'The Biography' Chapter 1 |publisher=Wingspan Russia |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119064450/http://www.wingspan.ru/bookseng/linda/01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The photo shoot marked a turning point in her life:

{{blockquote|I was the only photographer they allowed on the yacht. I just kept clicking away with the camera, and they enjoyed it and I enjoyed it, and suddenly I found that taking pictures was a great way to live and a great way to work.<ref name=Sounes/>}}

Eastman's father wanted her to undertake formal training with a professional photographer. "Well, I never had the patience for that", she said. "I had to trust my feelings."<ref name=Sounes/> But she had studied the photography of horses at college in [[Arizona]] under [[Hazel Larsen Archer]] and became an avid nature hobbyist, using a [[Leica camera]].<ref name=Sounes/> A few months after her Rolling Stones shoot, she was allowed backstage at [[Shea Stadium]], where the [[Beatles]] performed.<ref name=Sandford>[[Christopher Sandford (biographer)|Sandford, Christopher]]. ''McCartney'', Random House (2005) p. 140</ref>

Eastman had gained some experience in celebrity photography and became an unofficial house photographer at [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]]'s [[Fillmore East]] concert hall. Among the artists she photographed there were [[Todd Rundgren]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Grace Slick]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Simon & Garfunkel]], [[the Who]], [[the Doors]], [[the Animals]], [[John Lennon]], and [[Neil Young]]. Her photo of Young, taken in 1967, was used on the cover of ''[[Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968]]'' in 2008.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

She photographed Clapton for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine and became the first woman to have a photograph on the cover (May 11, 1968). After she married McCartney, her photo of the two of them appeared on the cover of ''Rolling Stone'' on January 31, 1974, making her the only person to appear on the magazine's cover who was also the photographer. Her photographs were later exhibited in more than 50 galleries internationally, and at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London. A collection of photographs from that time, ''[[Linda McCartney's Sixties|Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era]]'', was published in 1992.<ref name="SixtiesPortraitBook">{{cite book |last=McCartney |first=Linda |title=Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era |publisher=Bulfinch Press Book |location=Boston |year=1992 |isbn=0-8212-1959-6}}</ref> She also took the photograph for the cover of Paul McCartney and [[Michael Jackson]]'s single "[[The Girl Is Mine]]".{{sfn|Halstead|2007|p=119}}

===Music===
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[[File:Paul and Linda McCartney.jpg|thumb|right|Paul and Linda McCartney at the Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion April 2, 1974]]
After the Beatles broke up in 1970, Paul taught Linda to play keyboards and recorded an album with her, ''[[Ram (album)|Ram]]'', as a duo. The couple formed the band [[Wings (band)|Wings]].<ref name="McCartneyWingsIt">{{cite web |first=Ray |last=Bonici |url=http://beatles.ncf.ca/mpl.html |title=Paul McCartney Wings it alone |work=Music Express |location=Canada |issue=56 (GG70470) |year=1982 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525013831/http://beatles.ncf.ca/mpl.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They garnered several [[Grammy Awards]], becoming one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s, but had to endure gibes about Linda's singing.<ref name="GermaineGreerPopBitch">{{cite news |first=Germaine |last=Greer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/germaine-greer-pop-bitch-479025.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/germaine-greer-pop-bitch-479025.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Germaine Greer: Pop bitch |newspaper=The Independent |date=May 21, 2006|access-date=June 9, 2011 | location=London}}</ref>

In 1977 the reggae-inspired single "[[Seaside Woman]]" was released by an obscure band called Suzy and the Red Stripes on [[Epic Records]] in the United States. Suzy and the Red Stripes were Wings, with Linda (who wrote the song) on lead vocals.<ref name="SuzyRedStripes">{{cite web |first=Graham |last=Calkin |url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_ams7461.html |title=Seaside Woman b/w B-Side To Seaside |publisher=Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104101320/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_ams7461.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The song, recorded by Wings in 1972, was written in response to allegations from Paul's publisher that Linda's co-writing credits were inauthentic and that she was not a real songwriter. In 1971 [[Northern Songs]] and Maclen Music filed a lawsuit alleging that Paul McCartney had violated an exclusive rights agreement by collaborating with Linda on the song "Another Day", which had the effect of transferring a 50% share of the publishing royalties to his own [[MPL Communications|McCartney Music]] company.<ref>{{cite news | title = McCartney and Wife Sued on 'Another Day' Recording | newspaper = The New York Times | date = July 23, 1971 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/23/79680369.pdf | access-date = June 15, 2018 | archive-date = May 22, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200522183658/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/23/79680369.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false | url-status = live }}</ref> The lawsuit was "amicably settled", according to an [[Associated Television|ATV]] spokesman, in June 1972.<ref name="southall">Brian Southall and Rupert Perry, ''Northern Songs: The True Story of The Beatles' Song Publishing Empire'' (2007).</ref>

The McCartneys shared an Oscar nomination for the song "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]"; they were photographed together at the event in April 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paul-mccartney-and-linda-mccartney-news-photo/81072169|title=Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney|website=Getty Images|date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223144213/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paul-mccartney-and-linda-mccartney-news-photo/81072169|url-status=live}}</ref> Linda's album ''[[Wide Prairie]]'', which included "Seaside Woman", was released posthumously in 1998.<ref name="ReleaseOfAlbum">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/163837.stm |title=Linda's lone effort to be released |work=BBC News |date=September 3, 1998 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413212710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/163837.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with eight other British composers, Paul contributed to the choral album ''[[A Garland for Linda]]'', and he dedicated his classical album ''[[Ecce Cor Meum]]'' (1999) to Linda.<ref name="GarlandForLindaBBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/345875.stm|title=A Garland for Linda|work=BBC News|date=May 17, 1999|access-date=June 9, 2011|archive-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213631/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/345875.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Vegetarian cookbooks and company===
{{main|Linda McCartney Foods}}

When she and Paul decided to become vegetarians in 1975,<ref name=dateveg>{{cite web
|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/paul-mccartney-recalls-emotional-cooking-routine-with-late-wife-linda-40574400.html
|title=Paul McCartney recalls 'emotional' cooking routine with late wife Linda
|last=Roper
|first=Kerri-Ann
|access-date=December 4, 2021
|date=June 23, 2021
|work=[[Irish Independent]]
|archive-date=December 10, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210174611/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/paul-mccartney-recalls-emotional-cooking-routine-with-late-wife-linda-40574400.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Linda stated that she would no longer "eat anything with a face" and "if [[slaughterhouse]]s had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian."<ref name=muchmore>{{cite web
|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/linda-mccartney-profile-more-than-paul-mccartneys-muse/
|title=Linda McCartney, much more than just Paul McCartney's muse
|access-date=December 11, 2021
|last=Taysom
|first=Joe
|date=2020
|work=[[Far Out Magazine]]
|archive-date=December 12, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212040055/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/linda-mccartney-profile-more-than-paul-mccartneys-muse/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

This shift led to the creation of cookbooks and a company. In 1989, she released her first vegetarian cookbook, ''Linda McCartney's Home Cooking'' (she credits author [[Peter Cox (author)|Peter Cox]] "for all of his help and research" on the copyright page).<ref name="McCartneysLunch"/><ref name="ObituaryLindaMcCartney">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/20/arts/linda-mccartney-photographer-of-rock-stars-dies-at-56.html |title=Linda McCartney, Photographer of Rock Stars, Dies at 56 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 20, 1998 |access-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203210005/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/20/arts/linda-mccartney-photographer-of-rock-stars-dies-at-56.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NewHomeCooking">{{cite book |author1=McCartney, Linda|title=Linda McCartney's New Home Cooking |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=1989 |isbn=0-7475-0224-2 }}</ref> Next in 1991, Linda started her own company called [[Linda McCartney Foods]], that served frozen vegetarian meals.<ref name="McCartneysLunch"/> According to ''[[Far Out Magazine]]'', ''Linda McCartney Foods'', "helped make it easier and more accessible for people to choose not to eat meat. At the time, options were extremely limited and Linda essentially made vegetarianism possible on a much larger scale. The brand is one of Britain's most established meat-free food products."<ref name=muchmore/> However, in 1999, the [[H. J. Heinz Company]] acquired the company,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=February 14, 2000|title=Ad Age's World Wire|journal=Advertising Age|volume=71| issue = 7|pages=66|via=EBSCOHost}}</ref> and in 2007, the [[Hain Celestial Group]] bought it.<ref>
*[http://www.hain-celestial.com/ "A Healthy Way of Life"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511202144/http://www.hain-celestial.com/ |date=May 11, 2016 }}, Hain Celestial Group, accessed February 1, 2011.
*[http://www.newsday.com/business/inside-long-island-business-1.811933/linda-mccartney-food-line-boosts-hain-celestial-1.2446677 "Linda McCartney food line boosts Hain Celestial"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012143257/http://www.newsday.com/business/inside-long-island-business-1.811933/linda-mccartney-food-line-boosts-hain-celestial-1.2446677 |date=October 12, 2012 }}, ''Newsday'', November 10, 2010.
*That it was owned by Heinz: Nigel Slater, [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/29/foodanddrink.features4 "When the McCartneys came for lunch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704053338/http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2068978,00.html |date=July 4, 2008 }}, ''The Observer'', April 29, 2007.</ref>

Her next vegetarian cookbook, ''Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meatless Meals'', was published in 1995,<ref name="linkit">{{cite book |last=McCartney |first=Linda|title=Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meat-Less Meals |publisher=Bulfinch |year=1995 |isbn=978-0821221235 }}</ref> and was nominated for a [[James Beard Foundation#Awards|James Beard Foundation]] Award in the Vegetarian Books category in 1996.<ref name=jbnom>{{cite web
|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=McCartney
|title=Awards Search James Beard Foundation
|access-date=December 3, 2021
|work=James Beard Foundation
|archive-date=December 3, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203214139/https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=McCartney
|url-status=live
}}</ref> In 2021, Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney updated and veganized a number of Linda's vegetarian recipes, and released them as the [[vegan]] cookbook, ''Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen''.<ref name=familykitchen>{{cite web
|url=https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/cookbook-linda-mccartney-plant-based-recipes/
|title=McCartney family launches vegan cookbook filled with Linda McCartney's recipes
|access-date=December 3, 2021
|date=March 29, 2021
|work=Vegan Food and Living
|archive-date=December 3, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203172030/https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/cookbook-linda-mccartney-plant-based-recipes/
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref name=familykitchen2>{{cite web
|url=https://people.com/food/paul-mccartney-family-release-cookbook-filled-wife-linda-recipes/
|title=Paul McCartney and Family Will Release a Cookbook Filled with His Late Wife Linda's Recipes
|last=Slater
|first=Georgia
|access-date=December 4, 2021
|date=March 26, 2021
|work=People
|archive-date=December 4, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204231734/https://people.com/food/paul-mccartney-family-release-cookbook-filled-wife-linda-recipes/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> ''Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen'' was nominated for an IVFF award in 2021.<ref name=IVFFcookbookcontest>{{cite web
|url=https://theivff.com/cookbook-winners-nominees
|title=International Vegan Film Festival Cookbook Contest
|last=
|first=
|date= 2021
|work=The International Vegan Film Festival
}}</ref>