Photobiography
Photobiography
Photobiography

Photobiography

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Cecil Beaton.

Odhams Press Limited. London. 1951. British edition. First edition. Hardback, large 8vo; grey cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 254 pages. Frontispiece and 60 hors-texte black and white photographic plates. English. 255 x 190mm. 0.7kg. . Very good, in very good dust jacket; light wear to jacket, rubbing to folds, wear to forecorners and spine ends with slight loss, browning and light soiling to spine, not price-clipped; light browning and dustiness to edges.

Cecil Beaton's witty account of the first 25 years of his career, filled with anecdotes and photos. Published before the diaries, Photobiography is an early memoir from Beaton. It's focus is on his career as a photographer, from his early boyhood with his Box Brownie to the post-War photographs of the Royal Family, taking in Hollywood, Vogue and the War along the way. The book is well illustrated with examples of Beaton's work, some well known portraits and some lesser known ones.