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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE was a British fashion, portrait, and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

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breakfast-at-timothys · 1 year

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Famous Old Harrovians:

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (Bradbys; 1918), was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, interior designer and Oscar-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre; not to mention, creator of that photograph of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her coronation in 1953

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keep-tilting-at-windmills · 1 year

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Famous Old Harrovians: Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (Bradbys; 1918), was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, interior designer and Oscar-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre; not to mention, creator of that photograph of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her coronation in 1953

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bidotorg · 1 year

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Happy Birthday to the Oscar-winning, portrait and war photographer, Cecil Beaton!

#oscar winner #war photographer #cecil beaton #lgbt #queer #bivisibility

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warmaster-uk · 1 year

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A soldier orders a cup of tea in the Forces Canteen at Victoria Station in 1942. The soldier pictured was the butler of a close friend of photographer Cecil Beaton, who shot this image. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British fashion, portrait, and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. During the Second World War, Beaton was first posted to the Ministry of Information and given the task of recording images from the home front. Images such as Beaton's – which often highlighted the suffering of civilians, or the destruction caused by the war - helped push the Americans to put pressure on their government to help Britain in its hour of need. Beaton was one of the most prolific photographers of life during the second world war, taking over 7,000 pictures between 1940-45 in Britain as well as China and Africa. #secondworldwar #ww2 #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #war #history #militaryhistory #military #colourised #colorized #colourisedhistory #colorizedhistory #color #colour #colorizedhistoricalphotos #colorization #colourisation #retro #goodolddays #classic #goldenoldies #colorizedphoto #colourisedphoto #canteen #victoriastation #london #londonatwar #londonhistory #cecilbeaton https://www.instagram.com/p/CkJR0PnqRCo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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lamarchesacasati · 5 years

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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Cecil Beaton, English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

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robert-hadley · 5 years

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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ( 1904-1980 )

Preliminary costume designs for ‘Coco’, for outfits to be worn by Katherine Hephurn and the chorus

Source: Christie’s.com

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grantmkemp · 4 years

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Taken 112 years ago, this photogenic 4-year-old would find fame on the other side of the lens .... Read more below

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE was a British fashion, portrait, and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

When Beaton was growing up his nanny (Ninnie Collard pictured with him on the sandy beach) had a Kodak 3A Camera, a popular model which was renowned for being an ideal piece of equipment to learn on. Beaton's nanny began teaching him the basics of photography and developing film. He would often get his sisters and mother to sit for him. When he was sufficiently proficient, he would send the photos off to London society magazines, often writing under a pen name and ‘recommending’ the work of Beaton.

Beaton attended Harrow School, and then, despite having little or no interest in academia, moved on to St John's College, Cambridge, and studied history, art and architecture. Beaton continued his photography, and through his university contacts managed to get a portrait depicting the Duchess of Malfi published in Vogue. It was actually George "Dadie" Rylands – "a slightly out-of-focus snapshot of him as Webster's Duchess of Malfi standing in the sub-aqueous light outside the men's lavatory of the ADC Theatre at Cambridge." Beaton left Cambridge without a degree in 1925.

Beaton is known for his fashion photographs and society portraits. He worked as a staff photographer for Vanity Fair and Vogue in addition to photographing celebrities in Hollywood. In 1938, he inserted some tiny-but-still-legible anti-Semitic phrases (including the word 'kike') into American Vogue at the side of an illustration about New York society. The issue was recalled and reprinted, and Beaton was fired.

Beaton returned to England, where the Queen recommended him to the Ministry of Information (MoI). He became a leading war photographer, best known for his images of the damage done by the German Blitz. His style sharpened and his range broadened, Beaton's career was restored by the war.

Beaton often photographed the Royal Family for official publication. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was his favourite royal sitter, and he once pocketed her scented hankie as a keepsake from a highly successful shoot. Beaton took the famous wedding pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (wearing an haute couture ensemble by the noted American fashion designer Mainbocher).

During the Second World War, Beaton was first posted to the Ministry of Information and given the task of recording images from the home front. During this assignment he captured one of the most enduring images of British suffering during the war, that of 3-year-old Blitz victim Eileen Dunne recovering in hospital, clutching her beloved teddy bear. When the image was published, America had not yet officially joined the war, but images such as Beaton's helped push the Americans to put pressure on their government to help Britain in its hour of need.

Beaton had a major influence on and relationship with Angus McBean and David Bailey. McBean was a well-known portrait photographer of his era. Later in his career, his work is influenced by Beaton. Bailey was influenced by Beaton when they met while working for British Vogue in the early 1960s. Bailey's use of square format (6x6) images is similar to Beaton's own working patterns.

Beaton died on 18th January 1980, at Reddish House, his home in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, four days after his 76th birthday.

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wearedelight · 5 years

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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. _ _ _ #delightquotes #cecilbeaton #fashion #photography #interiors #art #design #lifestyle #wearedelight #delight #lifestylebrandagency — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2Fosq2I

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lukianocom · 6 years

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Cecil Beaton Quotes

Are you interested in famous Cecil Beaton quotes? Here is a collection of some of the best quotes by Cecil Beaton on the internet.

About Cecil Beaton

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

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favoriteevertaken · 7 years

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Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (1904 - 1980)

English photographer and theater designer who broke new ground with his early fashion photographers for Vogue magazine and collaborated on artistic design for films such as Gigi and My Fair Lady. One of Marilyn’s favorite photos of herself was taken by Beaton: Marilyn in a white gown on a bed of white sheets, holding a long-stemmed carnation to her breast. It hung on her living room wall at her East Fifty-Seventh Street apartment in New York.

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#marilyn monroe's favorite

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arthisour-blog · 7 years

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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (Jan 14, 1904 – Jan 18, 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970.

Beaton designed book jackets, and costumes for charity matinees, learning the craft of photography at the studio of Paul Tanqueray, until Vogue took him on regularly in 1927.[14] He set up his own studio, and one of his earliest clients and, later, best friends was Stephen Tennant. Beaton’s photographs of Tennant and his circle are considered some of the best representations of the Bright Young People of the twenties and thirties.

Beaton’s first camera was a Kodak 3A folding camera. Over the course of his career, he employed both large format cameras, and smaller Rolleiflex cameras. Beaton was never known as a highly skilled technical photographer, and instead focused on staging a compelling model or scene and looking for the perfect shutter-release moment.

He was a photographer for the British edition of Vogue in 1931 when George Hoyningen-Huene, photographer for the French Vogue travelled to England with his new friend Horst. Horst himself would begin to work for French Vogue in November of that year. The exchange and cross pollination of ideas between this collegial circle of artists across the Channel and the Atlantic gave rise to the look of style and sophistication for which the 1930s are known.

Beaton is known for his fashion photographs and society portraits. He worked as a staff photographer for Vanity Fair and Vogue in addition to photographing celebrities in Hollywood. In 1938, he inserted some tiny-but-still-legible anti-Semitic phrases (including the word ‘kike’) into American Vogue at the side of an illustration about New York society. The issue was recalled and reprinted, and Beaton was fired.’

Beaton returned to England, where the Queen recommended him to the Ministry of Information. He became a leading war photographer, best known for his images of the damage done by the German blitz. His style sharpened and his range broadened, Beaton’s career was restored by the war.

Beaton often photographed the Royal Family for official publication. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was his favourite royal sitter, and he once pocketed her scented hankie as a keepsake from a highly successful shoot. Beaton took the famous wedding pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (wearing an haute couture ensemble by the noted American fashion designer Mainbocher).

Queen Fawzia Fuad Chirine with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and their daughter, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi in Tehran during the Second World War. Photo by Cecil Beaton.

During the Second World War, Beaton was first posted to the Ministry of Information and given the task of recording images from the home front. During this assignment he captured one of the most enduring images of British suffering during the war, that of 3-year-old Blitz victim Eileen Dunne recovering in hospital, clutching her beloved teddy bear. When the image was published, America had not yet officially joined the war, but images such as Beaton’s helped push the Americans to put pressure on their government to help Britain in its hour of need.

Beaton had a major influence on and relationship with Angus McBean and David Bailey. McBean was a well-known portrait photographer of his era. Later in his career, his work is influenced by Beaton. Bailey was influenced by Beaton when they met while working for British Vogue in the early 1960s. Bailey’s use of square format (6×6) images is similar to Beaton’s own working patterns.

Cecil Beaton was originally published on HiSoUR Art Collection

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bidotorg · 2 years

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Sir Cecil Beaton, was a British painter an Oscar-winning designer, an accomplished photographer, and, #oneofus. #BiArtists

#Sir Cecil Beaton #bi #bisexual #bisexuality #bi pride #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer

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