Edition |
First Frances Lincoln edition. |
Description |
287 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
The Roaring Twenties -- Hollywood -- High society, haute couture -- The war years -- Artists -- Writers -- The stage -- The peacock revolution. |
Summary |
Cecil Beaton was a fashion, portrait and war photographer, a diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer. He is one of the most celebrated portrait photographers of the twentieth century and is renowned for his images of elegance, glamour and style. This combines his photographs with excepts from his journals. |
Subject |
Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980.
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Photographers -- England.
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Portraits.
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Celebrities -- Photographs.
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PHOTOGRAPHY -- Subjects & Themes -- Portraits.
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Added Author |
Vickers, Hugo, editor.
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Added Title |
Portraits and profiles |
ISBN |
9780711235502 (hardback) |
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0711235503 (hardback) |
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