Beaton's Last Years

  This is the last blog post on the amazing Cecil Beaton. A couple of important facts about the last years of his life...

 In 1954 Cecil Beaton published a book called The Glass of Fashion. Which covered his viewpoint of the last 50 years of changing fashion. 

He remained the royal photographer too, photographing all the Queen's babies and the coronation in 1953.

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton, 2 June 1953. Museum no. PH.311-1987
 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

In 1974 he suffered from a stroke and then on January 18th 1980 he passed away, four days after his 76th birthday.

Cecil Beaton took my photographs throughout his life. It would take many years to analyze the importance of all of them. 

I have posted some of his most famous photographs below. It has been a journey and treat getting to know more about Cecil Beaton. 

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles by Cecil Beaton,
Gelatin silver print, December 1948, Buckingham Palace.
Museum no. PH.218-1987, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton, Gelatin silver print, Buckingham Palace, 1968.
 Museum no. PH.318-1987, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Marlene Dietrich, 1930. Cecil Beaton
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Marilyn Monore 1956 Cecil Beaton
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Elizabeth Taylor, 1957 Cecil Beaton
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Aubrey Hepburn, My Fair Lady 1963 Cecil Beaton
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Pablo Picasso at his home, 1965 Cecil Beaton
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Mick Jagger 1967 Cecil Beaton
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Diana Vreeland 1978 Cecil Beaton
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Beaton, C., & Vickers, H.  (2003). The unexpurgated Beaton: the Cecile Beaton diaries as he wrote them, 1970-1980. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.

Stoller, N. (2014, Oct 16). Everything you need to know about Cecil Beaton. The Cut. http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/10/everything-you-need-to-know-about-cecil-beaton.html