Cecil Beaton's Visual Diaries

The Photographer's Scrapbooks Showcase His Aesthetic Flair

Photographer, illustrator, painter and diarist Sir Cecil Beaton, famous for his portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and the Queen of England, was a man whose instinct for pure beauty and fantasy perfectly captured Hollywood’s golden age. His fluid, elegant style matched a thoughtful, generous personality––a trait that helped put his sitters at ease and enabled him to deliver some of the most iconic celebrity images of the era. Beaton developed his approach over a career...  read the full story on Nowness