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Mary McCartney looks back: ‘My childhood gave me a curiosity for the behind-the-scenes moments’

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Mary McCartney in 2004 and 2023. Later photograph: Mary McCartney. Producer: Grace Guppy. Set design: Andy Tomlinson, assisted by Brad Basset. Lighting: Pedro Faria. Post-production: Hand of God. Studio assistant: Isla Mathieson. Archive photograph: courtesy of Mary McCartney

Born in London in 1969, Mary McCartney is a photographer, film-maker, presenter and vegetarian cookbook author. The eldest daughter of musician Paul McCartney and photographer Linda McCartney, Mary’s childhood was spent on the road with Wings and in studios such as Abbey Road, about which she made a documentary, If These Walls Could Sing, in 2022. She lives in London with her film-maker husband, Simon Aboud, and has four sons. Mary has curated , an online exhibition for the luxury cruise line Cunard, featuring archive imagery and submissions from the public.

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