Cecil Beaton
Autor: Arquipélago Livros | Publicado: 2010-04-05T09:44:00-07:00

                   Cecil Beaton (1904 - 1980)Um dos mais celebrado fotógrafos ingleses,reconhecido por seu apuro estético impecável,e refinamento no trato da figura humana.Glamour, elegância e estilotem um sinônimo: Cecil Beaton                	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2 of 7'Cecil  Beaton: Portraits' at the National Portrait Gallery marks the centenary  of Beaton's birth and brings together over 150 portraits from the five  decades of Beaton's remarkable career. (Vogue © The Condé Nast  Publications Inc.)                            	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   3 of 7His  influence on portrait photography was profound and lives on in the work  of many contemporary photographers including David Bailey and Mario  Testino. Highlights include this picture of Audrey Hepburn...   (Vogue  ©The Condé Nast Publications Inc.)                            	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   4 of 7...as  well as his 1956 portrait of Marilyn Monroe, from her own collection,  which is accompanied by his handwritten eulogy about her. (Courtesy  Sotheby's)                            	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   5 of 7Definitive  portraits of 20th century celebrities including boxer Sugar Ray  Robinson are shown alongside more sombre works from his time as a war  photographer. (Vogue © The Condé Nast Publications Inc./Courtesy  Sotheby's)                            	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   6 of 7Beaton  devoted himself to his work as an official war photographer when he  took this unforgettable portrait of the 3 year-old blitz victim Eileen  Dunne (1940) in a hospital bed in the north of England.  (Imperial War  Museum/ Courtesy Sotheby's)                            	                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   7 of 7Cecil  Beaton: Portraits can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery in  London 5 February - 31 May 2004.  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