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* Read # The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1970-1980 by Cecil Beaton ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1970-1980 Truman Capote once said “the camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees.” The Unexpurgated Beaton is a book that is not only a great read and wicked fun but a timeless chronicle of our age.. A photographer, artist, writer and designer for more than fifty years, he was at the center of the worlds of fashion, society, theater and film. Beaton had started as an outsider and “developed the power to observe, first with his nose pre
| Title | : | The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1970-1980 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400041120 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
Truman Capote once said “the camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees.” The Unexpurgated Beaton is a book that is not only a great read and wicked fun but a timeless chronicle of our age.. A photographer, artist, writer and designer for more than fifty years, he was at the center of the worlds of fashion, society, theater and film. Beaton had started as an outsider and “developed the power to observe, first with his nose pressed up against the glass,” and then later from within inner circles. Hugo Vickers, the executor of Beaton’s estate and the author of his acclaimed biography, has added extensive and fascinating notes that are as lively as the diary entries themselves. Vickers has said, “his eagle eye missed nothing,” and his diaries are intuitive, malicious (he took a “relish in hating certain figures”), praising and awestruck. Cecil Beaton was one of the great twentieth-century tastemakers. As one London reviewer wrote, “Vickers’ waspish footnotes are the salt on the side of the dish.” Beaton treated his other published diaries like his photographs, endlessly r
Though his descriptions of women often border on the misogynistic (Grace Kelly is a "big bull puppy"), the dressing-down he gives Katharine Hepburn, with whom he worked unhappily on the Broadway show Coco, is a bracing astringent to the recent, gauzy hagiography of the screen legend. All rights reserved. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. After a stroke in 1974, Beaton declared there would be no more diaries. Pathos aside, the diaries gain a jolt of interest from Beaton's catty assessments of his circle (Noël Coward, John Gielgud and the Queen Mother are all acquaintances) and celebrity subjects, whom he continued to photograph for Vogue well into his 70s. Beaton's graceful writing is most perceptive when capturing others' physical appearance. But the serial publication over the years of his diaries brought him notoriety, particularly the passages revealin
Five Stars Francesca Gard Fun! He was such a terrible name dropper. An entertaining read. Boy, did he hate Katharine Hepburn or what?!. Michele G. Sdougas said An aging, but still vigorous master signs off. This volume represents that last of a lifetime of diary publications. It's a wonderful snapshot of the final decade of the famous photographer's life. It's also somewhat of a snapshot of the last of the style and taste makers that were still living from the 19"An aging, but still vigorous master signs off" according to Michele G. Sdougas. This volume represents that last of a lifetime of diary publications. It's a wonderful snapshot of the final decade of the famous photographer's life. It's also somewhat of a snapshot of the last of the style and taste makers that were still living from the 1920s and the glorious time between the two world wars. Beaton retains his wanderlust and true joie de vivre with the only tough slogging being his prostate surgery and the endurance of the painful headaches that preceded his debilitating stroke. There is a real feeling of loss at the end for both the photographer/artist and the era. 0s and the glorious time between the two world wars. Beaton retains his wanderlust and true joie de vivre with the only tough slogging being his prostate surgery and the endurance of the painful headaches that preceded his debilitating stroke. There is a real feeling of loss at the end for both the photographer/artist and the era. What a Downer! Mr. Beaton's diary offers several entertaining passages, but it is mainly a chronicle of his physical complaints, his declining health, and sadly, his bodily functions. Boring and depressing. If you really want to read this book, wait for the paperback.
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