Famous+Photographer


 * Cecil Beaton**

He was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He wa named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1970.
 * 1)** Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton born from January 14, 1904 to January 18, 1980.

Cecil Beaton was born on 14 January 1904 in Hampstead the son of Ernest Walter Hardy Beaton (1867-1936), a properous timber merchant, and his wife Etty Sissons (1872-1962). Cecil Beaton was educated at Health Mount School and St Cyprians School, Eastbourne, where his artistic talent was quickly recongnised.

Cecil was learning the professional craft of photography at the studio of Paul Tanqueray, until Vogue took him on regularly in 1927. He also set up his own studio, and one or his earliest clients and later best friends was Stephen Tennant. He was a photographer for the British edition of Vogue in 1931 when a different photographer for the french Vogue travelled to England with his friends. Cecil was best known for his fashion photographs and society portraits. He worked as a staff photographer for Vanity Fair and Vogue in addition to photographing celebrities in Hollywood.


 * 2)** Cecil designed book jackets and costumes for charity matinees. He soon worked for high end fashion magazines and began to take pictures of celebrities and portraits of people.


 * 3)** Cecil Beaton tooks pictures of celebrities and his style and genre was fashion.

This photo of Arudrey Hepburn shows balance and single/simple point. This photo is very simple, it only shows Audrey Hepburn and there is nothing to distract the audience away from her.
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This photo has the design elements of triangles between the three girls. This photo uses a lot of light, the glow from their clothing and the glow of the props they are sitting on shines and sparkles.

This is a portrait of Marilyn Monroe. This photo has balance and simple/single point. The colours and lighting really brings out Marilyn Monroe, it helps her stand out from the background.

This photo has the design elements of balance, triangles, and to me it shows direction. For me, it seems that the leaves and flowers are slowly falling from above to the ground, and the butterfly seems to be flying upwards and around her.

This photo has the design elements of balance and simple/single point. The shimmering background and the womans shimmering dress and hat only makes her face stand out.

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