Cecil Beaton photographed the creative luminaries of the twentieth century—women and men of style, writers and musicians, artist and actors—his iconic portraits captured his subjects’ unique personalities and gave them an immortal burnish. Lesser known are Beaton’s journals, which didn’t always reflect his subjects in the most flattering light. (Jean Cocteau dubbed him “Malice in Wonderland.”) From a new book, Cecil Beaton: Portraits & Profiles (Frances Lincoln), edited by Hugo Vickers, we chose seven portraits, each accompanied by outtakes from the master lensman’s sharp-focus observations.
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