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Mary McCartney

Mary McCartney

British photographer and cookbook author


Mary Anna McCartney (born 28 August 1969) is a British photographer, documentary filmmaker, plant-based and vegetarian cookbook author, and Global Ambassador for Meat Free Monday. McCartney is a daughter of musician Paul McCartney and photographer Linda McCartney, and is the sister of fashion designer Stella McCartney.

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Early life

Mary McCartney was born on 28 August 1969 at Avenue Clinic in St John's Wood, London, England. Her father is the musician Paul McCartney and her mother was the photographer Linda Eastman. Her siblings are Heather, Stella, James and Beatrice.[1] McCartney was raised as a vegetarian (along with the rest of her siblings), as both of her parents were notable vegetarian activists.[2]

Photography and film

McCartney is a British photographer,[3][4][5] who in 2015 was chosen to photograph Queen Elizabeth II as part of a campaign to celebrate the "longest-reigning British monarch in more than 1,000 years".[6]

If These Walls Could Sing (2022)

McCartney directed the documentary If These Walls Could Sing. It is her feature documentary debut, about the history of Abbey Road Studios in London and the experiences and memories of the musicians who have played there. It was created as the centrepiece of Abbey Road Studios' 90th anniversary celebrations in November 2022.[7]

It was announced in January 2021 that McCartney would direct a documentary about Abbey Road Studios.[8] McCartney said "some of my earliest memories as a young child come from time spent at Abbey Road, I've long wanted to tell the story of this historic place."[9] As well as her father Paul McCartney, contributions are reported to be from Jimmy Page, Kate Bush, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Pink Floyd, John Williams, Celeste, Elton John, Giles Martin, and Shirley Bassey.[10] Production is by Mercury Studios and Ventureland. McCartney said what she "wanted from the interviews was to drill down into those musicians really feel about Abbey Road. 'Do you really care about Abbey Road? It's a building and you recorded here, but whatever. Do you really care?' And I think from the interviews, you can really see they are thinking fondly about it."[11]

Plant-based and vegetarian cooking

In 2009, McCartney along with her father Paul and sister Stella, launched Meat-free Mondays in the United Kingdom.[12]

Cookbooks

McCartney has written two vegetarian cookbooks, Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking (2012) and At My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends (2015).[13][14]

In 2021, Mary, Paul, and Stella McCartney turned 90 of Linda McCartney's vegetarian recipes into the plant-based cookbook Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul.[15][16]

In 2023, McCartney released the plant-based cookbook Feeding Creativity: A Cookbook for Friends and Family, that features 60 recipes created for celebrities.[17]

Cooking show

McCartney launched Season 1 of the Discovery+/Food Network plant-based cooking show, Mary McCartney Serves It Up, in February 2021,[13][18][19][20][21] Season 2 in November 2021,[22][23][24][25] and Season three in November 2022.[26] The show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2022.[27]

Personal life

McCartney married Alistair Donald on 26 September 1998,[28] and had two sons.[29] After McCartney and Donald divorced, she married Simon Aboud in 2010.[30] They have two sons.[29]

Nominations and awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

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Publications

Cookbooks

  • Feeding Creativity: A Cookbook for Friends and Family. Taschen America, 2023. ISBN 978-3836589420.
  • McCartney, Linda (with Paul, Mary, and Stella McCartney). Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul.. Voracious/Little, Brown, 2021. ISBN 978-0-316-49798-5.[15]
  • At My Table: Vegetarian Feasts for Family and Friends. Chatto & Windus, 2014. ISBN 978-0-70118-937-2.[14][13]
  • Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking. Chatto & Windus, 2012. ISBN 978-0-70118-625-8.[13]
  • The Meat Free Monday Cookbook: A Full Menu for Every Monday of the Year. Kyle, 2011. ISBN 978-0-85783-067-8. Foreword by Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney.[12]

Photography

Photography exhibitions

  • Off Pointe: A Photographic Study of the Royal Ballet After Hours, The Royal Opera House, London (2004) and presented by The Royal Photographic Society at Photo London (2019)[37]
  • British Style Observed, National History Museum, London (2008)[38]
  • From Where I Stand, National Portrait Gallery and Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (2010)[31]
  • Linda McCartney and Mary McCartney: Mother, Daughter, Gagosian Gallery, New York (2015); and at Fotografiska, Stockholm (2018)[39][4][40]
  • Undone. (2017, Toronto)[41]

Films

Further reading


References

  1. "Birth of Mary McCartney". The Paul McCartney project. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. "Life behind the lens: Mary McCartney". BBC News. 23 May 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  3. Hall, Gerrad; October 31, Calie Schepp; EDT, 2022 at 04:12 PM. "What to watch this week: Harry Styles in gay drama 'My Policeman,' Selena Gomez's intimate doc 'My Mind & Me'". EW.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. June 24, Jessica Wang Updated; EDT, 2022 at 11:08 PM. "Daytime Emmy Awards 2022: See the full list of winners". EW.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Krueger, Alyson (22 November 2014). "Mary McCartney's Candid Camera". The New York Times.
  6. Myers, Marc (28 August 2018). "Mary McCartney Became an Artist With a Little Help from Linda and Paul". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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