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.
Cecil Beaton Book order
January 14, 1904 – January 18, 1980
Cecil Beaton was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, renowned for his unique flair for elegance and fantasy. His early work, inspired by decadent theatrical costumes, opened doors to the world of fashion and portraiture. He collaborated with Vogue magazine and became the official court photographer to the British Royal Family. Throughout his five-decade career, Beaton captured a gallery of captivating figures, leaving an indelible mark on the history of photography.
- 2014
- 2012
The essential Cecil Beaton
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
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.
- 2005
Cecil Beaton
- 94 pages
- 4 hours of reading
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.
- 1988
The Royal Portraits
- 227 pages
- 8 hours of reading
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
- 1986
. MOMA, bright clean copy, no markings, no dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981
- 1980
U and Non-U Revisited
- 107 pages
- 4 hours of reading
- 1964
Mr. Beaton's diary of his time in Hollywood working on the filming of "My Fair Lady".
