BEATON Cecil
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton.
Date of birth : January 14, 1904, London.
Date of death : January 18, 1980, Broadchalke, near Salisbury, England.
Profession photographer and set-designer for the English theater.
Story
He studied at Harrow and St.John's College at Cambridge University.
Cecil Beaton interest for photography came to light during his childhood when he began, following his nanny advice, to take his sisters in picture.
Very soon he developed a predilection for the sophisticated and stylish portraits inspired by his predecessors like Baron de Meyer or Edward Steichen.
In 1937, he was nominated official photographer of the Royal family and worked as photographer for the British Ministry of Information during the Second World War.
His experience changed the style of his portraits
which became, after the war, less affected, less charged, and brought
more naturalness and clearness.
Pictures
He took Marilyn in pictures for Harper's Bazaar magazine on February 22, 1956; for this occasion, he made one of Marilyn's favorite picture : wearing a white dress, she's lying in white sheets and holds an long-stem
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At the Ambassador Hotel, New York
With Cecil Beaton
carnation
bird
black dress
Flower
Coat
Carnation
With the bird
Black dress
sofa
other
With her press agent, Lois Weber ,
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In 1972, he was knighted by the Queen of England.
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