CecilBeaton’s world-wide reputation hangs largely on his pre-war images of London’s Bright Young Things
’s world-wide reputation hangs largely on his images of London’s Bright Young Things, sumptuous portraits of the Royal family, British aristocrats and Hollywood stars, and fashion photography for the likes of Vogue and Vanity Fair. Winning Oscars for his set and costume designs for Gigi and My Fair Lady, his star is firmly ensconced in the “society” firmament.
"Beaton’s passion and talent for photography extended far beyond diamond encrusted debutantes and their ermine clad mamas..." Starting with coverage of a mutilated London crumbling under the barrage of the Blitz, the intrepid photographer shot candid portraits and documentary series from a staggering range of wartime standpoints: from the Tyneside shipyards and the RAF landing fields of Biggen Hill, to the palaces of colonial India, the depths of the Burmese jungle and the desert plains of Egypt and Iraq.
Despite working gruelling hours, in often difficult, dangerous and fragile conditions, Beaton continued to apply his trademark elegant compositional style to his images, a tendancy recognised in the show's title - Theatre of War.
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