Cecil Beaton fu uno dei fotografi più influenti del XX secolo, rinomato per il suo inconfondibile estro per l'eleganza e la fantasia. I suoi primi lavori, ispirati da costumi teatrali decadenti, gli aprirono le porte al mondo della moda e della ritrattistica. Collaborò con la rivista Vogue e divenne il fotografo ufficiale di corte della Famiglia Reale Britannica. Nel corso della sua carriera durata cinquant'anni, Beaton catturò una galleria di figure affascinanti, lasciando un segno indelebile nella storia della fotografia.
A kind of master of ceremonies to the British Empire, fashion and society photographer Cecil Beaton depicted the high and low of the century with his signature elegance and panache: the British Royal family, the nobility, the London bohemian, and the New York underground. This volume, a comprehensive survey of his work, is now available again in a hardcover edition.
Born in England in 1904, Beaton is one of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. This eccentric multi-talented individual also worked as a designer and novelist. Responsible for the ground-breaking and much-imitated glamour portrait, Beaton's subjects included Pablo Picasso, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Maria Callas, Sir Winston Churchill, and the British royal family. In 1939, he took a detour from the world of high style and produced some of the most memorable images of Britain in the war years. After the war, he continued his work as a portrait photographer, but started to design costumes for Hollywood films, winning an Oscar for ?My Fair Lady.? In the 60's Beaton gave fresh life to his photographic style, with portraits of Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, and many Hollywood legends. ? comprehensive overview of one of the 20th century's great photographers ? An important documentary record of the finest historical and celebrity photography by a master of the medium.
This book presents the iconic photographer s expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion s golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style.
An enthralling collection of the finest portraits ever created of the 20th century's most famous family photographed by renowned photographer Cecil Beaton over a period of fifty years and selected from nearly ten thousand vintage prints preserved in his private archive. Extracts from Beaton's unpublished diaries offer witty and candid accounts of his royal sittings and Roy Strong, former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum where Beaton's private archive of royal photographs is now housed, and a close friend of the photographer, tells the story of the most successful union ever forged between crown and camera
Mr. Beaton's diary of his time in Hollywood working on the filming of "My Fair Lady".
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