Feb. 22, 2023

Media Advisory: Media preview of 'The Linda McCartney Retrospective'

  • What: Media members are invited to preview "The Linda McCartney Retrospective" at the University of Arizona.
  • When: Friday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m.
  • Where: Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road. Media should meet in the lobby at 10:45 a.m. Tour leaders will explain video/photo protocols at that time.
  • RSVP: RSVP to Andy Ober, andyober@arizona.edu

TUCSON, Ariz. — Members of the media are invited to the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography for an advance look at "The Linda McCartney Retrospective," an exhibition celebrating the iconic photographer's 30-year, barrier-breaking career and connection to Tucson.

Sarah Brown, the London-based photographic curator of the Linda McCartney Archive, will lead a tour of the nearly 200-piece collection, which includes McCartney's portraits of music legends, photos of her domestic life after moving to London with her family, and her experiments with photographic processes, including never-before-exhibited screen prints and a wall of Polaroid prints. The exhibit also features photos of McCartney's time in Tucson, where she took up photography as a hobby while attending the university in the early 1960s.

The exhibition is making its North American premiere at the Center for Creative Photography, where it will be on public display Feb. 25 to Aug. 5. The center is planning a semester full of programming designed to engage the community with the exhibit, beginning with a grand opening and Community Day on Feb. 25.

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Media contact:
Andy Ober
University Communications
520-621-9017
andyober@arizona.edu

The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation's top 50 public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2021 in research expenditures among all public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $770 million in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, the 66 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. It benefits the state with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually. For the latest on the University of Arizona response to the novel coronavirus, visit the university's COVID-19 webpage.

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