Linda McCartney’s career as a photographer began by chance. In 1966, the yet unknown photojournalist suddenly became famous through her photographs of a Rolling Stones press conference. No one else got so close to the rock and pop celebrities of the sixties. Nobody portrayed the true character of the stars as sensitively as Linda McCartney- her pictures are intimate, but yet respectful.

In Berlin, the exhibition STROMGITARREN presents the previously unknown sixties series including pictures of icons such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix or The Beatles. Linda McCartney never thought of herself as a star photographer who had to put herself in the service of a marketing-oriented image campaign. She was more like a friend to the musicians, a natural part of the pan Atlantic scene of new pop culture. She had access to all backstage areas, the recording studios and the musician’s private houses. Her pictures document in gestures, style, colours and faces a unique era, which in the course of today’s retro trend is celebrating a fierce comeback. But here are the originals…

In November the sixties photographs will be replaced by The Roadworks. This Series of photographs was made in the course of thirty years while she was travelling with musicians and it shows snapshots heavily focusing on Paul McCartney.