Beaton in Vogue

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BEATON IN VOdlJK
JOSEPHINE ROSS
Cecil Beaton was a man of great style, dazzling charm, and extraordinary talent whose entire professional life was intimately intertwined with the evolution of Vogue. At twenty, Beaton sent the Vogue London editors a snapshot of an undergraduate play at Cambridge; just months before his death at seventy-five he completed for French Vogue two marathon photo assignments. In the years between, British, French, and American Vogue published Beaton's finest work—not only his famous photographs, but his writings, drawings, designs, and paintings.
Drawing from this wealth of material, Beaton in Vogue captures the whole of this enormously versatile, energetic, and prolific man. Organized around forty-four of Beaton's articles for Vogue, this book on the great photographer and pictorial artist proves him also to have been a witty and accomplished writer and a stylish chronicler—in such pieces as "Palm Beachistory," "Remembrance of Things Proust," and "The... Tovább

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BEATON IN VOdlJK
JOSEPHINE ROSS
Cecil Beaton was a man of great style, dazzling charm, and extraordinary talent whose entire professional life was intimately intertwined with the evolution of Vogue. At twenty, Beaton sent the Vogue London editors a snapshot of an undergraduate play at Cambridge; just months before his death at seventy-five he completed for French Vogue two marathon photo assignments. In the years between, British, French, and American Vogue published Beaton's finest work—not only his famous photographs, but his writings, drawings, designs, and paintings.
Drawing from this wealth of material, Beaton in Vogue captures the whole of this enormously versatile, energetic, and prolific man. Organized around forty-four of Beaton's articles for Vogue, this book on the great photographer and pictorial artist proves him also to have been a witty and accomplished writer and a stylish chronicler—in such pieces as "Palm Beachistory," "Remembrance of Things Proust," and "The Age of Artifice"—of high society, culture, and style. Beaton's wry line drawings complement his sharp verbal sketches of the London and New York social seasons; his set and costume designs accompany accounts of his personal involvement with the worlds of theater and
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bEillet. Beaton's own words become commentary for his renowned photographs— the stunning fashion shots; the haunting wartime images; the portraits of the famous, from a demure young Princess EHzabeth and other royals at home to a playful Greta Garbo, from Gertrude Stein and associates in Paris to Audrey Hepburn wearing Beaton's costumes for My Fair Lady. Finally, Beaton's ebullient paintings are reproduced here in full color, including the late work Beaton triumphantly executed with his left hand after a stroke paralyzed his right side.
Josephine Ross selects and introduces work by Beaton dating from the 1920s to the 1970s. Beaton in Vogue presents as never before the myriad accomplishments of this gifted, extraordinary man.
Josephine Ross worked for Vogue before becoming a full-time writer. Her publications include The Vogue Bedside Book, The Winter Queen, and several books for children. She and her husband, who is also a writer, live in London.
Front jacket photograph: Beaton by Manfredi Bellati, 1968. Back jacket photograph: Audrey Hepburn in a Beaton costume toT My Fair Lady, 1964. Vissza