From Hepburn to Capote, achieving fame in the early to mid-20th century meant accolades, wealth, and having your portrait taken by Cecil Beaton.

Bright young thing: the early work of Cecil Beaton – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

The life of Deborah, the late Duchess of Devonshire and Mitford sister, is to be celebrated with exhibition of Cecil Beaton photographs

1930 Collotype printed by Camelot Press (London, England printers) - Image size approx. 6"x7.5".

photo- Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton. Maria Callas. 1956. Gelatin silver print. 10 11/16 × 9 3/16" (27.1 × 23.3 cm). Gift of Thomas Walther. 188.1994. © 2025 Estate of Cecil Beaton. Photography

Vivien Leigh photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1941

A Model In A Sheath Dress is a photograph by Cecil Beaton which was uploaded on March 9th, 2017. The photograph may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days.

In the years between the wars, the pent-up demand for pleasure and creativity exploded. This was the Jazz Age, the age of Weimar cabaret culture, the Lost Generation in Paris, and of London’s Bright Young Things, a collection of Bohemian artists and socialites whom Evelyn Waugh showed in his satiric 1930 novel Vile Bodies “could match … Continue reading "Cecil Beaton’s Campy 1920s Photographs of London’s Bright Young Things"