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In 2015 McCartney was chosen to take the official photograph of Queen Elizabeth II to mark the occasion of her becoming the longest reigning Monarch in history. McCartney has had a number of solo  exhibitions, including Off Pointe - A Photographic Study of the Royal Ballet After Hours at the Royal Opera House, 2004, and From Where I Stand at the National Portrait Gallery in 2010. She has released two photographic books, Mary McCartney: From Where I Stand in 2010 and Mary McCartney: Monochrome & Colour in 2014.  \r\n\r\nThis selection of fourteen photographs are taken from McCartney’s first solo  exhibition, featuring behind the scenes pictures of  dancers in the Corps De Ballet during a run of performances at The Royal Opera  House between 2004-2007. McCartney has spoken of  her desire to capture unguarded, spontaneous moments; for this project, she  spent a large amount of time backstage getting to know the  dancers, meaning she was able to capture particularly intimate moments  when invited into the dancer’s homes and dressing rooms.  McCartney deliberately avoided photographing the dancers on stage or in  rehearsals. She aimed to explore contradictions between the  perfection of the storybook world of ballet depicted onstage with the  imperfect reality of the dancer’s day to day lives. ","physicalDescription":"A woman with braided hair sits between a washing machine and window, wearing a tshirt. She is holding an open book and leaning on her elbow. 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