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Art

Linda McCartney: Retrospective

A gateway into a private, inner world
Art Gallery of Ballarat
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ABR Arts • 15 November 2021
Art

Linda McCartney: Retrospective

A gateway into a private, inner world
Art Gallery of Ballarat
by •
ABR Arts • 15 November 2021
Brian Jones and Mick Jagger, Hudson River, New York, 1966 (photograph by Linda McCartney, courtesy of the Ballarat International Foto Biennial)
Brian Jones and Mick Jagger, Hudson River, New York, 1966 (photograph by Linda McCartney, courtesy of the Ballarat International Foto Biennial)

As the author of Rock Chicks: The hottest female rockers from the 1960s to now (2011), I was excited to plunge back into the world of rock and roll to review the Linda McCartney retrospective that is currently showing at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. I’ve also written about Paul McCartney and John Lennon, so am quite familiar with these lads from Liverpool.

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Alison Stieven-Taylor

Alison Stieven-Taylor is an international commentator and journalist specialising in photography and specifically social documentary. She writes for various newspapers and magazines and publishes the blog Photojournalism Now. She has written two books, including Rock Chicks: The hottest female rockers from the 1960s to now (Second Edition, Rockpool Publishing, 2011). Presently a lecturer in journalism at Monash University, Alison is also writing her PhD on photography as social change. 

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Alison Stieven-Taylor

Alison Stieven-Taylor is an international commentator and journalist specialising in photography and specifically social documentary. She writes for various newspapers and magazines and publishes the blog Photojournalism Now. She has written two books, including Rock Chicks: The hottest female rockers from the 1960s to now (Second Edition, Rockpool Publishing, 2011). Presently a lecturer in journalism at Monash University, Alison is also writing her PhD on photography as social change. 

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Comments (3)

  • I saw this exhibition in Glasgow in September 2019. It is certainly more than rock star snaps. Very thoughtful and well worth a visit.
    Posted by Steve Dennis
    30 November 2021
  • I dearly wish I could get to the Linda McCartney: Retrospective in Ballarat as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. I guess I have got until 9 January 2022 to work on a planned foray over the border.
    Posted by Jenny Esots
    24 November 2021
  • Saw the Linda McCartney show last weekend. She has always been one of our most loved photographers and over our years in tertiary photo education, many students have been exposed to her work but also to the person that she was.
    Thank you so much for your insightful review of the show.
    Posted by Doug Spowart Victoria Cooper
    16 November 2021

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