Introducing Linda McCartney Stamps – Newsroom

NEW YORK — The U.S. Postal Service right now honored Linda McCartney (1941–1998), with a pane of stamps that includes her nonetheless life and panorama photos. McCartney had a multifaceted profession as a photographer, musician, cookbook creator and animal rights activist who was a pivotal determine within the vegetarianism motion. A dedication ceremony for the stamps was held right now at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Postmaster General David Steiner remarked, “Linda McCartney’s life and work represents the best of what the USPS stamp program seeks to recognize: art that endures…art that enriches…art that uplifts people and art that is universal.” Steiner continued, “And of course, across every part of her life — art, music, and advocacy — Linda led with her heart. And that’s the legacy we hope these stamps capture.” 

The Postmaster General was joined by daughter Mary McCartney who remarked, ‘She was a pioneer, she was positively forward of her time, however none of it was deliberate and acutely aware. It all got here from the guts.”

Born Linda Louise Eastman on Sept. 24, 1941, in Scarsdale, NY, she graduated from Scarsdale High School and attended Vermont College, the place she obtained an affiliate’s diploma in 1961. She then studied artwork historical past on the University of Arizona, the place she started taking pictures after finding out with distinguished photographer Hazel Larsen Archer.

In 1966, her pictures of the Rolling Stones on a yacht cruising New York’s Hudson River have been revealed. Soon after she was photographing musicians resembling Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors and Aretha Franklin. She captured relaxed, intimate portraits, usually with a way of pleasure and humor. In 1968, a portrait of Eric Clapton earned her the distinction of being the primary feminine photographer to have their work featured on the quilt of Rolling Stone journal.

She married musician Paul McCartney on March 12, 1969. They had three kids collectively, and one from her earlier marriage. In 1974, the McCartneys appeared on the quilt of Rolling Stone, making Linda McCartney the first individual to each {photograph} a canopy and charm one.

In 1971, McCartney joined her husband within the band Wings, enjoying keyboards and offering vocals. Wings would earn two Grammy Awards and promote thousands and thousands of albums earlier than breaking apart in 1981.

McCartney’s first e book of images, “Linda’s Pictures: A Collection of Photographs,” was revealed in 1976. Her different images books embody “Sun Prints” (1988), that includes Nineteenth-century cyanotype methods, and “Linda McCartney’s Sixties: Portrait of an Era” (1992). She additionally experimented with Polaroids of her household, animals, and small moments from on a regular basis life. Her pictures have been exhibited on the Royal Photographic Society in Bath, England, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and all through the United States.

In the early Nineteen Seventies, the McCartneys turned vegetarians, and Linda would go on to change into an outspoken animal rights advocate. Her first vegetarian cookbook, “Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking,” was revealed in 1989 and have become a bestseller. In 1991, she launched Linda McCartney Foods, a pioneering vegetarian meals firm. In one of many first mainstream depictions of vegetarianism, the McCartneys appeared in a 1995 episode of “The Simpsons,” whereby Lisa Simpson turns into a vegetarian. They agreed to seem on the situation that Lisa remained vegetarian for the rest of the sequence. A spokesperson for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and a supporter of environmental teams resembling Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, McCartney can also be credited as one of many largest drivers of the meat-free motion.

In 1995, McCartney was recognized with breast most cancers. She died April 17, 1998. Her solo album, “Wide Prairie,” was launched posthumously.

The pane of 20 stamps showcases 5 totally different pictures taken by McCartney.

• “Shadow. Sussex,” 1984 — a black-and-white photograph of a horse within the snow standing on its hind legs
• “Sunflowers,” mid 1990’s – colour picture of an association of sunflowers and different brightly coloured flowers on a gray weathered picket desk.
• “Through a Glass Teapot,” 1996 — a black-and-white photograph of a half-full glass teapot, with the inverted reflection of a tree within the glass
• “Carnation. Sussex,” 1985 — astill lifetime of a single yellow carnation in a vase in opposition to a white lace curtain with flowers
• “Cherries, Antigua” — taken in 1969 from the identical photograph shoot as the quilt artwork from her husband’s 1970 debut solo album, “McCartney.”

The selvage options “Self Portrait,” a 1992 black-and-white self-portrait of McCartney behind her digital camera. Derry Noyes, an artwork director for the USPS, designed the stamps and stamp pane utilizing McCartney’s pictures.

News of the Linda McCartney stamps are being shared with the hashtag #LindaMcCartneyStamps.

Postal Products

Customers could buy stamps and different philatelic merchandise via The Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail via USA Philatelic, or at Post Office places nationwide. For formally licensed stamp merchandise, store the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon. Additional info on stamps, first-day-of-issue ceremonies and stamp-inspired merchandise will be discovered at stampsforever.com.

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