McCartney Times

There’s a single picture in a new show of photographs by Mary McCartney and her mother, Linda McCartney, that opens this weekend at Gagosian Gallery’s uptown space, which Mary says sums up her childhood perfectly. “There’s a bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling and a baby in someone’s hand. I’m the baby. That picture illustrates that I was more of a gypsy child rather than a rock-royalty daughter,” Mary, the second child of Linda and music icon Paul McCartney, explains. “We grew up with food on our faces and clothes that didn’t fit and it was all very funky—all of which was to our benefit. That feeling of intimacy and observing people and striving for the intensity of characters became why I’m obsessed with pictures.”

Source: Capturing the Legendary McCartney Family, Across Two Generations | Vanity Fair