Editing Linda McCartney (section)

===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}}